Lower Austria

Director of Police in Lower Austria, Franz Popp, said: "In a world in which many people are looking for answers to the essential questions of life, profiteers have established themselves who claim to possess supernatural powers."

In some places, well over 20cm is possible, especially in the mountains of Upper and Lower Austria and in northern Upper Styria.

Earlier, Austria’s General Director for Public Security, Franz Ruf, said a 19-year-old Austrian citizen was arrested on Wednesday morning in Ternitz in the province of Lower Austria.

The General Director for Public Security, Franz Ruf, said a 19-year-old Austrian citizen was arrested on Wednesday morning in Ternitz in the province of Lower Austria.

All river traffic along the Danube was brought to a standstill in the Lower Austria area.