Woman found in flooded house in Austria, raising death toll to five

Emergency services in Austria discovered an 81-year-old woman dead in her flooded house on Tuesday, raising the total death toll in the rain-battered country to five.

The woman was found in her house in Würmla, a town in the hard-hit eastern state of Lower Austria, authorities reported.

Four days of persistent rain have submerged vast areas of eastern Austria. The danger of dam breaches remains high despite the rain stopping on Tuesday, according to authorities.

While the number of dead found during the floods stands at five, the cause of death for one of those victims remains unclear.