The unsettled weather in the Alps posed major problems for several places over the weekend. Snow and heavy rain created chaos.
- At the weekend there were special weather conditions in the Alps *.
- In Switzerland and France there was even snow *.
- Heavy storms * caused problems in Austria.
Munich - Unpleasant rain and mild twelve to 14 degrees - the weather in Bavaria on Sunday (August 30th) had nothing to do with summer. For the next few days, there is no improvement in sight either, the weather in the Free State is - as in most of the rest of Germany - characterized by gray rain clouds at the start of the week. This November sadness is nothing compared to the weather chaos that hit the Alps on the weekend.
In Switzerland , it snowed below 2,000 meters above sea level on Sunday. Due to the sometimes large amounts of snow, some road passes such as the Furka Pass or the Nufenen Pass had to be closed. In addition, parts of the French Alps, such as the Col d'Iseran mountain pass at 2,764 meters above sea level, were colored white. A similar picture emerged on the Überertalferner in South Tyrol , the largest glacier in the Stubai Alps.
The first snow on our construction site #becherhaus pic.twitter.com/U3SFVOoVdD
- Trenkwalder Peter (@p_trenkwalder) August 30, 2020Zillertal Alps: Truck-sized rockslide - river sweeps construction site with it
The Zillertal in Austria was hit by even more violent weather conditions . However, the residents did not have to deal with snow, but rather with heavy rain. Due to massive rainfall, there was a rock fall at the Häusling power station in Zillergrund , where a boulder the size of a truck crashed into a material ropeway and made a large hole in the asphalt surface. Nobody was injured in the impact.
In the Tyrolean town of Ginzling in the Schwaz district, a flooded creek developed into a dangerously raging river that threatens to bury an entire construction site. The photos show a crane standing in the water. Because it cannot be foreseen how long the construction machines will be able to withstand the pressure, the area was cordoned off over a large area.
Weather in the Zillertal Alps: Even at the beginning of the week it remains wet and cool
The region around the Zillertal Alps longs for a decrease in the heavy rain, but this will not happen for now. According to wetter.com, the probability of rain from the start of the week to Wednesday is always at least 80 percent. Because the lowest temperatures at night are 1 degree just above freezing point, it remains even when it rains instead of snow. (as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital-Redaktionsnetwzerks
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