Roads under water

Hundreds of firefighters in storm operations

Heavy rain flooded dozens of cellars and streets in the south of the country on Tuesday afternoon. Hundreds of firefighters were deployed on a large scale.

Once again, numerous fire departments had to deploy for storm operations: After heavy rain, sirens blared in the afternoon in the districts of Graz-Umgebung, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, south-eastern Styria and Leibnitz.

Muddy roads, flooded cellars
The towns of Bad Waltersdorf, Vasoldsberg, St. Georgen an der Stiefing, Hausmannstätten, Kirchberg an der Raab, St. Stefan im Rosental, Sebersdorf and Labilltal were particularly affected. First of all, safety work had to be carried out, then roads had to be cleared of mud and flooded cellars had to be pumped out. Hundreds of firefighters were kept busy for hours.