The National Development Minister chaired the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum in Vienna. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Dozens of people are being evacuated by helicopter in Austria after a mudslide covered homes and mountain huts in the ...

In Austria, insurance companies estimate the total damage from the storm to reach 700 million euros, as economists predict several billions of euros. A similar estimate has been made for the Czech ...

Storm Boris was triggered by a low-pressure system, where cold Arctic air collided with warm air from the south, further intensified by record-high sea-surface temperatures in the Mediterranean.

Storm Boris is the latest deluge in one of the most flood-plagued periods in Europe in the past 500 years, but one city escaped relatively unscathed. The steps Vienna took to prepare for extreme ...

Austria has said its disaster relief fund will be increased to one billion euros ($1.1bn) to help flood victims. In Hungary, floodwaters continued to rise as authorities closed roads and rail ...

Her comments came as Italy became the latest country to suffer the fury of Storm Boris – a low pressure system which swept across Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria, killing at ...

Storm Boris has caused catastrophic flooding in Austria, Poland and other countries in central Europe. Here’s the latest advice on travelling to the region as the storm moves towards Italy.

At least 21 people have died as a result of heavy flooding caused by the storm in Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Romania. Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia are on high alert for a risk of ...

In Austria, on Tuesday, 26 communities were cut off and with the weather improving, "we are discovering the scale of the disaster", Lower Austrian governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner told reporters.

In Austria, on Tuesday, 26 communities were cut off and with the weather improving, "we are discovering the scale of the disaster", Lower Austrian governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner told reporters.