- Title: Austrians build barricades to contain flood waters
- Date: 5th August 2023
- Summary: KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA (AUGUST 5, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS STREETS AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINFALL VARIOUS LOCALS BUILDING BARRICADE WITH WOODEN BOARD TO HALT WATER VEHICLE OF LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS VARIOUS FIREFIGHTERS NEAR HOUSES AND SANDBAGS VARIOUS FLOWING WATER VARIOUS CHILDREN ONLOOKING THROUGH GARDEN FENCE FEET WALKING THROUGH WATER (LESS THAN ANKLE HIGH) VARIOUS FIREFIGHTER VEHICLE LOCAL GABRIELE TALKING TO JOURNALIST (SOUNDBITE) (German) LOCAL GABRIELE (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING: "I went to the cinema last night and when I got home my girlfriend wrote that there was a civil defence warning in Fichtringen and I didn't know anything about it. Then I almost couldn't sleep and at half past three I got up and went to the underground car park, which is already almost under water - completely. I've lived here for over twenty years, we never had a situation like this before." VARIOUS SANDBAGS BLOCKING WATER VARIOUS PEOPLE INSPECTING POSSIBLE SLIDE OF STREET EDGES VARIOUS SANDBAGS BEING LIFTED FROM LORRY TO THE GROUND RAIN FALLING ONTO WATERBODY VARIOUS WATER RUNNING OVER SLOPE KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) NIGHT SHOT OF SANDBAGS VARIOUS OF WATER FLOWING OVER SLOPE SANDBAGS
- Embargoed: 19th August 2023 08:29
- Keywords: flood flooding heavy rainfall rain
- Location: KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA
- City: KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA
- Country: Austria
- Topics: Environment,Europe,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001248505082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Southern Austria faced torrential rainfall on Friday night (August 4) and Saturday morning (August 5), with warnings of severe weather conditions and rainfall with up to 60 litres per square meter. Local authorities warned of flowing debris as soil has been saturated from rain over the past days. In some areas roads were closed to vehicles.
The Austrian County Carinthia, a popular vacation destination, shares a border with Slovenia, where at least two people died as torrential rains hit northern and western parts of the country on Friday, causing floods, cutting power and disrupting traffic.
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