VIENNA - more than 145mm of rain during the past 30hrs caused even tiny creeks to swell to thundering rivers. The river Kamp, usually 50cm deep rose to six meters, sweeping away a bridge and breaking a dam. In the Oberoesterreich region, 100 miles west of Vienna. In the Waldviertel area near Vienna people are cut off by flood waters, looking for shelter on roofs and trees as the Austrian Army is using helicopters to search and evacuate.

In the small town of Schwertberg five thousand people are captured by flood waters, being cut off from road-access, power and telephone lines. The historic center of the city of Krems is entirely flooded. On Thursday morning 4000 rescue workers were fighting what are is the worst flooding this area ever has seen.

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