Cars were washed through the western Austrian ski resort of St Anton by swiftly flowing, filthy torrents of water.
The capital city of Austria saw more than 450 calls for fire assistance on Saturday due to the intense rain.
“Severe storms have caused significant damage in numerous regions of Austria,” stated the nation’s chancellor Karl Nehammer.
Officials in Dobling recorded 110 liters of rain per square meter, a record for August rainfall in the city according to ORF Vienna meteorologist Kevin Hebenstreit.
In less than an hour on Saturday, a significant amount of Vienna’s typical summer rainfall fell, according to weather data provider UBIMET.
This summer, flames have raged around Europe; this week, Turkey and Greece are facing severe fires.
Warm weather and strong winds in Turkey made the thousands of firefighters fighting to contain wildfires worse across the nation.
Meanwhile, wildfires in Greece destroyed an area almost twice the size of Manhattan.
