2024-06-06 09:16:32
As Euronews reviews, the complete Danube has been closed in Austria after its banks burst within the nation’s third largest metropolis, Linz. The river, which runs 350 kilometers by means of Austrian territory, was closed to navigation after heavy rains triggered flooding in Austria and Germany.
The choice to shut the river comes after floods turned lethal in southern Germany on the weekend, killing 5 folks.
Police confirmed on Tuesday {that a} lady’s physique had been recovered from a submerged automotive in floodwaters in Bavaria.
The lady was discovered within the city of Markt Rettenbach after she ignored barricades blocking a flooded street and drove off the street on Monday.
On Sunday and Monday, the our bodies of 4 extra individuals who died within the flood have been discovered, three of them in basements.
A 22-year-old firefighter was killed throughout the rescue operation.
Germany’s climate service DWD introduced that a number of days of rain in southern Germany ended on Tuesday. Nonetheless, the water degree stays excessive.
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder introduced that the state authorities would supply not less than 100 million euros to the victims. monetary help of EUR. He said that the state of affairs was “severe”.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the affected areas on Tuesday, saying it was his fourth such mission this yr.
He added that the German authorities “will do all the things in its energy, together with utilizing the alternatives supplied by the federal authorities, to make sure that help is delivered shortly.”
The climate has additionally affected close by Hungary and Poland, each of that are forecasting heavy rain within the coming days.
Bratislava is bracing for its worst flood in 100 years as heavy rains in Germany and Austria threaten to breach the banks of the Danube River, Polish channel TVP reviews.
Authorities within the Slovak capital have warned that the water degree within the historic river is quick approaching flood degree and that elements of the Previous City waterfront, together with the well-known Tyršov Embankment, are at biggest danger.
The Slovak Meteorological Service stated: “A primary-level hydrological warning is at the moment in place within the districts of Bratislava and Dunajska Streda for the movement of the Danube and the decrease Morava River as a result of a again surge attributable to the excessive degree of the Danube.”
She added that the water degree within the heart of Bratislava ought to rise to round 750 cm on Wednesday night.
Atmosphere Minister Tomaš Taraba referred to as a disaster assembly: “I wish to guarantee all residents dwelling close to the Danube that we are going to make each effort and be certain that all obligatory measures are taken to reduce the attainable affect of the elevated river degree on their property or well being.”
The Slovak Institute of Hydrometeorology added: “We count on a big rise within the higher reaches of the Danube in Slovakia, and an increase in water ranges in its decrease reaches and decrease Moravia.”
2024-06-06 09:16:32