Due to storm Boris, rail traffic was interrupted in the night from Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 September in parts of Austria and the Vienna metro was partially closed. Everywhere in Central Europe, bad weather is impacting daily life.
« Due to flooding, train traffic has been interrupted on the western line between Amstetten and St. Valentin (Lower Austria) since 1:15 a.m. on Sunday. “, the national railway company ÖBB said in a statement on Sunday. A replacement bus service has been in place since Sunday morning 6 a.m. (4 a.m. GMT) on this section, the busiest in the country, which connects Vienna, the capital, to Germany. Melk station, where a UNESCO-listed abbey is located in the Wachau tourist region, is not served due to the flooding. ÖBB does not expect an improvement before Monday evening.
In Vienna, service has also been partially interrupted until further notice on two metro lines near the Wien River, which is threatening to burst its banks, according to the APA agency. The region of the country most affected by the storm, Lower Austria (northeast), has been classified as a natural disaster zone. With 1.72 million inhabitants, it is the most populated in the country after Vienna. Hydrologists predict extremely heavy rains in the coming hours, up to 60 millimeters “, warned its vice-governor Stephan Pernkopf.
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