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Heavy hurricanes swept through Styria during the night. About 150 firefighting operations were to be completed, work is continuing. Many roads are impbadable, also affecting the Semmering railway line.
of Ulrich Dunst, Wilfried Rombold | October 30, 2018 at 9:27 am
A stormy night is hiding behind the forces in Styria. In the last hours had 73 fire services about 150 missions work outside. This was mainly to eliminate fallen trees and clear the roads. Many roads are still impbadable, the Semmering railway is still interrupted.
Always around 9 o'clock 3600 households without electricity, it is said of the state's warning center. About 100 Steiermark Energy technicians are repairing the damage, "partly with the help of firefighters to get to the affected areas," he said. Urs Harnik-Lauris Styrian energy. The damaged areas are widespread, mainly in the east of Upper Styria, as in the Mürzzuschlag / Alpl and Bruck-Kapfenberg regions. Power outages also occur in the regions of Frohnleiten, Feistritz (Weiz district), Großreifling and Soboth. At night, up to 6000 households were temporarily without electricity.
Car accident due to fallen tree
On the L104 between Mixnitz and Breitenau he came because of a fallen tree to a car accident, in the car sitting next to the driver, according to fire chief Andreas Kowatsch and two children. "Whether the tree that fell while driving on the car or the car that crashed into the fallen tree is still elevated," says the fire department. According to the Red Cross, a boy would have been brought with the ambulance to LKH Leoben with minor injuries (about 9 years old).
Many roadblocks
On some roads, disability and disability continue lock because of fallen trees. Currently not pbadable are the B72 between Krieglach and St. Kathreinit B116 between Hinterberg and Saint Michael, the B24 between Palfau and Gußwerkit B23 between Mürzzuschlag and third and the L123 on the pogusch.
The southern railway line on Semmering is still interrupted due to bad weather. A Railjet plane struck a bent tree in Breitenstein (Lower Austria) in the evening and the airline was also damaged. The lock, according to the spokesperson of the ÖBB Karl Leitner last until noon. Between Gloggnitz and Mürzzuschlag) has become a Schienenersatzverkehr furniture.
The victims were about 20 trains. A train set up for Milan was redirected via Salzburg; the remaining links were managed to replace rail traffic. There were 20 big buses and two small buses ready to be transported. Is currently with about 30 minutes more count.
The Railjet was on the road from Villach to Vienna when it collided with a fallen tree around 8:30 pm. The locomotive was not damaged, said the ÖBB. People were not injuredThe cleaning had to be interrupted at night because of the storm. They resumed in the morning.
Trees on cars
The district of Liezen was particularly affected. There were already 8 fire brigades with 126 men in the morning, just before 8 pm. use of violent weather. "There are new emergency calls to the fire department," said a spokesman for the region Christoph SchlüßlmayrIn the urban area of Liezen, buildings and parked vehicles were damaged.
In the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district, there is also a busy night behind the firefighters – no more here. In Leoben District, in addition to the damage caused by the storm, offshore operations also took place.
Tuesday mornings were steimerarkweit 19 firefighters in time. "A big thank you to all the comrades and comrades of our volunteer fire brigades, who have eliminated the damage caused by the storm tonight and released the traffic lanes.A big thanks also to all the Styrian energy technicians who work relentlessly to repair the power grid in all areas of Styria ", said the governor of Styria, Stv. and civil protection officer Michael Schickhofer (SPÖ) speak.
That's how it goes on Tuesday
The depression over the Gulf of Genoa takes off happily Tuesday and is already in the afternoon on the Benelux. Therefore, in Styria you can expect sunny days. Most hours of sunshine should converge in the south and east of Styria. It is only in the high Murtal that the clouds remain for the moment quite dense and that it may rain here for a while. In short, the time is quite variable. One can expect it to be lively, not only in the north of Upper Styria and on the mountains and by the stormy south wind. "The wind is definitely the biggest problem and can still cause storm damage locally," warns meteorological expert Werner Troger. In the southeast, maximum temperatures reach 20 degrees. More to the west, it is much cooler. For example, in Murau, it is a little over 10 degrees (maximum).
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