Avalanche and torrent experts help in Burgenland

Five weeks after the disastrous flood Wiseflek “It’s back to normal,” he says Mayor Christoph Kreutzler (ÖVP) to KURIER on Friday.

Rain during the second weekend of June caused heavy damage, particularly in southern Burgenland;

About 1,200 people lived in the city alone 200 damage reports. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, six single-family homes had to be evacuated, but all of the homes in Wisefleck are now livable again.

To date, the districts of Mattersburg, Oberwart, Güssing and Jennersdorf have around 100,000 1,500 applications On that day Disaster relief reached the country.

Payments started last weekend. The state government has increased the amount of funding for private families to 70,000 euros A maximum of 150,000 euros Raised.

But there is help from the central government. 15 employees of the Stream and Avalanche Control Department of the Ministry of Agriculture Safe banks and clean flood retention basins.

The central government bears 55 per cent of the operational cost, the state 35 per cent and the municipality 10 per cent. All 11 bridges need to be repaired.

The state’s construction crews are helping renovate Weissfleck’s 100-kilometer-long network of trails.

LH said all emergency services that helped repair the flood damage will be invited by the state for the Thanksgiving dinner His Peter Toskozil.

On Friday, July 19, BEmphasize Schlaining.


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