After Flooding: 2,400 Damage Cases Reported in St. Pölten

About 2,400 cases have been reported via the city's hotline, the city hall reported on Wednesday. "With the exception of individual special cases", all affected households have been visited.

In the past months, according to a press release, three to seven teams were on the road on weekdays and sometimes also on weekends to process the reported damage cases. About 90 percent were private households, eight percent were companies and two percent were agricultural and forestry operations.

Individual Special Cases and Submissions are Still Open

According to the city hall in St. Pölten, individual special cases and submissions are still open. These included cooperatives or companies where experts with specific expertise would have to be consulted, explained Christian Sieder, the city's safety officer. "We are in the final phase and are working at full speed to be able to close the open cases as soon as possible." Mayor Matthias Stadler (SPÖ) thanked for the patience of the many people, "whose houses and businesses were damaged by the flood disaster".

(APA/Red)

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