RE: St. Pölten in Lower Austria much more affected by flooding than Vienna. Black Hawk helicopters were assigned to drop big bags.
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The situation in the Czech Republic is difficult in the north and partly in the south. Especially in the cities of Opava, Ostrava and partly Brno and České Budějovice, also in dozens of smaller towns and villages. As far as I know, so far there are 4 confirmed dead and about a dozen missing. The damage cannot yet be estimated. I estimate that it is about EUR 20 mld.
Tens of thousands of households are without electricity. Trains are not running on some lines, other lines have collapsed, as have roads and bridges. Structural engineers will have to assess hundreds of buildings to decide whether to demolish them or not. These are floods on the level of 1997 and 2002.
This Friday and Saturday we are holding elections for regional councils and some senate districts. Many politicians are trying to take advantage of the floods to make themselves visible and to criticise the politicians in power.
oh that sounds really bad, wonder whether the flood will have an affect on the election in Czech Republic. Probably it will be bad for the government. We also have elections in Austria at the end of September. Also curious about the outcome.
I can't predict what this will do to the election. We'll see.