In the province of Lower Austria, west of Vienna, the historic town of Ybbs An Der Donau has been engulfed, and several other small towns are threatened.
The Netherlands - without the great Johann Cruyff who had decided to stay away - waited until the second phase to show what they could do, and made it to their second successive final by defeating Austria (5-1) and Italy (2-1) and drawing with champions West Germany (2-2).