Flood-Hit Austria to Ramp up Disaster Fund to 1 Billion Euros By Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Marleen Kaesebier VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria on Wednesday announced a package of measures in response ...

Experts warned of flood threats due to the cresting Oder River in Opole, a city of some 130,000 residents, and Wroclaw, home to about 640,000 residents and where disastrous flooding happened in 1997.

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Flood-hit Austria to ramp up disaster fund to 1 billion euros. By Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Marleen Kaesebier. September 18, 2024 4:00 PM UTC Updated September 18, 2024 Item 1 ...

Experts warned of flood threats due to the cresting Oder River in Opole, a city of some 130,000 residents, and Wroclaw, home to about 640,000 residents and where disastrous flooding happened in 1997.

The disaster fund will more than triple to 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion), he said. Lower Austria, which was particularly hard hit, received its first aid on Tuesday, with the government ...

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria on Wednesday announced a package of measures in response to severe flooding across the country, including a tripling of the federal disaster fund and tax postponements ...

The Austrian government also said that in the coming years around one billion euros will be invested in the expansion of flood protection to minimise future flood damage. ($1 = 0.8990 euros) ...