Lower levels: cleaned for cleaning

The commander of the FRG Rudolf Robin said Wednesday in an interview with the ORF Carinthia that he could soon give the green light to Lavamünd. The cleaning work has been started since then. Some villages – like the entire Lesachtal commune – were cut off from the outside world on Wednesday. The town of Rattendorf, in the district of Hermagor, was still flooded.

With reconnaissance flights, we want to discover where safe cleaning can now be started – some streets were still closed in the morning. The Drau power plant had already cleared everything up on Tuesday night: the damage to a retaining wall at the Saint-Martin-Rosegg dam was repaired, but only temporarily with rocks. Further downstream, the center of Rosegg was flooded by the Drau. As in other regions of Carinthia, tedious cleaning is also expected – read more in kaernten.ORF.at.

Damage caused not only by water

In addition to floods and landslides, the forces have to cope with trees overthrown by the storm. Klaus Brandner, district captain of Spittal an der Drau, said on Tuesday: "In Asten, Rettenbach and in the upper part of the Mölltal, whole forest areas are on land," said Brandner.

Further information on the situation in Carinthia will be available in the morning: Fire officials, the Federal Army and the country meet in the morning for a presentation of the situation, after which a joint press release is expected.

Damage caused by bad weather also in East Tyrol

The extent of the damage was also gradually reported on Tuesday in East Tyrol. Above all, the road infrastructure and deforestation measures of many rivers are affected, as announced by the state of Tyrol in a press release: "The damage will probably reach millions of people." Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP) said at a local inspection financial support to the country. Meanwhile, the situation in East Tyrol has become more and more relaxed with falling water levels.

Several road links could be reopened on Tuesday morning. Grossglocknerstraße (B107), Drautalstraße (B100) and Felbertauernstraße (B108) have also been reopened – for more information, visit tirol.ORF.at. On Tuesday morning, the previously closed Arlberg railway line was again released between Landeck and Bludenz – more information about it in vorarlberg.ORF.at.

Fortress Hohensalzburg is reopened

The state of Salzburg – in particular the municipality of Muhr (Lungau) – was also severely affected by Tuesday's storm. The civil protection alarm was to be triggered here. As of Tuesday noon, the situation has gradually improved and the level of water has dropped – more at salzburg.ORF.at.

There was great destruction in the Hohensalzburg Fortress. A strong gust of wind had partially covered the roof of Salzburg's landmark. The financial loss is at least 100,000 euros. Despite the heavy damage caused by Wednesday's storm, the fortress is again open to the public, but the trail leading to the Salzburg Monument, the courtyard and access to St. George's Church remain closed for security reasons – for more information about this, consult salzburg.ORF.at.

Large regions of Austria affected by inclement weather

The storm that hit Austria on Tuesday night caused severe damage in Carinthia, Salzburg and East Tyrol. Other regions of Austria have also been affected.

Damage caused by a storm also in Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Styria

The big cleaning started on Tuesday in Lower Austria. Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of EVN troubleshooting engineers have been on duty since the night to repair the damage. Repairing poles, rebuilding ropes, cutting tree trunks: EVN's disturbance mechanics had full hands Tuesday – more details in noe.ORF.at.

In Upper Austria, the storm caused a lot of damage, especially in the southern districts. 198 fire brigades had to move. In the morning, some roads were closed because of fallen trees. The storm peaked at 180 km / h in the mountains, even at 100 km / h in the lowlands – for more information visit ooe.ORF.at.

Styria was also affected by the storm. According to Energie Steiermark, about 6,000 homes without electricity were on Tuesday morning – the damage was removed since the stormy night – more at steiermark.ORF.at.

Government announces quick help

Meanwhile, the government has announced "quick and unbureaucratic" help. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) met Wednesday with the governor of Carinthia, Peter Kaiser (SPÖ), and the crisis team of the state of Carinthia. In short, the day before the ÖVP party congress in Carinthia. As announced the sending of the newly elected party secretary, Martin Gruber, was immediately after the party congress for Gruber, Short and the Minister of Agriculture, Elisabeth Köstinger, a local first eye in the storm of the program.