The flood alarm is on in Vienna where the river overflowed its banks in the fourteenth district and flooded the first houses. Constant rains and storms overwhelmed the emergency services and the fire brigade. In the last few hours, the professional fire department of Vienna processed more than 1,100 interventions in the area of ​​the city of Vienna. The situation is particularly dangerous in the areas of Wienfluss and Lissingbach.

About half of those interventions are due to precipitation and the other half due to wind. Most were standard operations, such as fallen trees, broken branches, water seeping into buildings, basements and underground parking lots, Heute reports.

The rise in the level of the rivers Vienna and Lissingbach continues to pose a danger in this area. In the 14th arrondissement, next to Ludvigassa, the Vienna River has already overflowed its banks and flooded the first houses. Some buildings can now only be reached by boat, and people were evacuated in the early hours of the morning. The fire department is expecting a high volume of calls and has called in additional personnel.

Vienna’s fire department is under heavy strain due to constant rain and storms. The Danube Canal also overflowed. The situation is particularly dangerous on the Vienna and Lissingbach rivers, where the first houses have already been flooded and the residents have been evacuated.