(ANSA-AFP) - VIENNA, JUN 29 - Rescuers in western Austria
were searching for two people Wednesday who went missing after
landslides caused by heavy rains cut off access to several
communities and waged widespread damage. "Three villages have
been completely cut off... the army and firefighters are trying
to clear the streets" to gain access, said Melanie Reiter, a
spokeswoman for the Red Cross in Carinthia state. Two people
were reported missing, one who was travelling in a car, and
another who was in a house garage hit by debris, district head
Bernd Riepan said. "We are fighting on several fronts," he told
AFP. "We have dispatched several helicopters... but some of the
farms are very remote, and they have yet to be reached." He
added that "many" houses had been partially buried, though the
exact number was not yet known. (ANSA-AFP).
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