After days of heavy rain and snow falls in Austria, a 79-year-old fatal accident. The man was spilled by a landslide and could only be recovered dead, as the police told the Austrian news agency APA.
A search dog discovered the body outside his house. The building in Bad Kleinkirchheim in Carinthia had been largely destroyed by the heavy scree. "He was buried by the earth masses," said Mayor Matthias Krenn.
In Austria, there are floods in all areas affected by storms. Murenabgänge were reported from almost all communities in the district Spittal an der Drau, as the "Kleine Zeitung" reported. In the district of St. Veit there were floods in many places, because the Gurk had overflowed the banks. Numerous roads and railways remained closed for security reasons. The Avalanche Warning Service Carinthia called for the highest avalanche warning level for parts of the state.
Further rain and snow predicted
The forces tried to get an overview of the situation in the morning with reconnaissance flights. Especially critical slopes were observed. In many places, the soil was very soft due to the large amount of precipitation. As it is supposed to rain and snow again on Tuesday, further landslides and avalanches are not excluded. From Wednesday should the weather calm.
In parts of Austria, it has already rained and snowed four times as much in the current month as otherwise in a whole November. Problem is that currently warm air from the south and colder air from the north over the Mediterranean mix and thus create low pressure areas, said Thomas Wostal Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) .. "The Alps are then there as a dam one speaks then also of the south traffic jam. "
Statistically, for example, in the Lienz area of East Tyrol, rainfall was at its highest in three days, as it was usually only every 40 to 50 years. According to ZAMG, it rained the most in Kornat in Carinthia between Friday, 7 o'clock, and Monday, 7 o'clock - 277 millimeters of water came down here. In Lienz, it was 206 millimeters.
Light all-clear
With regard to the water levels, the state of Carinthia gave an all-clear at noon. "The worst is related to the height of the water levels past the major rivers," said Johannes Moser of the Hydrographic Service of Carinthia the "Kleine Zeitung".
The heavy snow and rain had already begun last Wednesday. Since then, East Tyrol, parts of Carinthia, the southern part of Salzburg and also the Italian South Tyrol have always been particularly affected. There a landslide derailed a train. Nobody was injured in the incident on Monday in Val Pusteria, according to the Italian news agency Ansa.
The Sunday cut off by an avalanche place Martell in the west of South Tyrol is again accessible. 40 to 50 higher houses with 200 to 250 inhabitants are still included, according to the mayor.
Also in the Tyrolean Stubai Valley, around 250 guests and employees of the Gletscherbahnen continued to be stuck on Vomittag. After an avalanche near the road near the valley station, a road had to be closed on Sunday. The detainees spent the night in the hotel at the valley station and in the premises of the glacier railway.
