Clean-up underway in Austrian towns after severe storms

Flooding in Austria ©Cleared

Residents in several towns in Austria were cleaning up on Monday after severe thunderstorms over the weekend caused flooding and mudslides.

For people in the Styria region, there is still no relief in sight with firefighters saying they had not seen such bad weather in 40 years.

In the town of Deutschfeistritz, north of Graz, a flash flood swept away cars and damaged numerous houses, leaving the town centre accessible only by boat

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