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Flood victims to receive �14,500 in charity concert takings

By Thomas Hochwarter

A charity concert in July for victims of a flood garnered 14,500 Euros, organisers announced today (Thurs).

The event called "FlutHilfe" � which took place in G�ssing in southern Burgenland earlier this month � featured Vienna-based blues guitarist Hans Theessink and rock band Opus, among others. All artists performed for free.

Its initiators, former Burgtheater actor Frank Hoffmann and Social Democratic (SP�) councillor Verena Dunst, said all earnings would go to the charity platform "Burgenland hilft � S�d" that had supported companies and households in the area damaged by torrential rainfalls in late June.

Burgenland People�s Party (�VP) Agriculture Councillor Werner Falb-Meixner announced recently that damages in the province caused by flooding had amounted to around 13.5 million Euros, with the most northern part and the southern district of G�ssing the worst affected. Falb-Meixner added that a total of 87 provincial municipalities had submitted damage claims.

Austrian Times

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