The tragedy occurred during an operation carried out in the district Tulln in Lower Austria – representatives of the crisis management team in this Austrian federal state informed.
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The weather in Austria is deadly dangerous
Firefighter He was supposed to have lost his life while pumping water out of the basement of one of the buildings. This is another victim Genoese lowlands Boriswhich is wreaking havoc in the center Europe.
Lower Austria is in a dramatic (flood) situation, said state governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner.
As the governor added, the flood alert cannot be canceled at the moment because local meteorologists they are forecasting more heavy rains.
“For many residents of Lower Silesia Austria these will be the hardest hours of their lives” Mikl-Leitner warned.
At the same time, a representative of the local authorities assured that the Austrians would not be defeated:
“Our country has always been strong, even in situations like this […]. This was shown during the floods of 2002 and 2013 and it will be the same this year” – the governor wrote on her profile on Facebook.
Austrian firefighter is another fatal victim Genoese lowlands Boriswhich at the end of the week brought to the central Europe heavy downpours causing numerous floods.
Boris's victims in Europe
The most tragic balance was recorded in Romaniawhere heavy rains killed a total of four peopleThe heaviest rainfall occurred in eight counties, with Galați on the Danube, in the east of the country, suffering the most.
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