Authorities in Austria have declared a civil emergency after some villages in the southern state of Carinthia were cut off by mudslides and flooding following heavy rainfall
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Rescue workers were trying to reach three villages in western Austria on Wednesday after landslides due to heavy rains cut off access, according to the Red Cross.