Storm causes accidents and hundreds of fire departments
The storm low Nadia had large parts of Austria – especially OUpper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna, Northern Burgenland and Upper Styria – firmly under control.
IAround 2,800 members of 260 fire brigades were deployed in Lower Austria. More than 330 cases were recorded, said Franz Resperger from the state command in the evening of the APA. In all regions, fallen trees that repeatedly blocked roads kept the helpers busy. Also numerous buildings are secured. Resperger said the situation was expected to ease on Monday night.
Closed ski areas
Some ski areas such as Hinterstoder and Kasberg in Upper Austria had closed due to the strong gusts of wind. “We would have tried it in the morning, but it’s just too dangerous to start the lifts,” says Helmut Holzinger, Managing Director of Hinterstoder-Wurzeralm Bergbahnen the KURIER Sunday morning. For the storm swept across the land. There were already strong gusts at the middle station of the ski lifts.
In Upper Austria there were already power outages and fallen trees during the night. According to the ooh However, the situation was manageable for the fire brigade association: ten to 15 trees had to be cleared away by emergency services by early morning.
ship wanted
In addition, a working ship had to be brought back to its place: Due to the strong wind, it broke off in the night of Sunday in Ennshafen (Linz-Land district) and was driven onto the Danube.
The 18 by 11 meter ship was sighted and recovered after around one and a half hours of searching using night vision devices in the Au area on the Danube. In the meantime, shipping on the Danube had to be suspended.
tent blown away
You had to hold on to your hood Sunday morning in Lower Austria in Waidhofen an der Ybbs when going to the polling station. Across the state, fallen trees that partially blocked roads and buildings that are being secured kept emergency services busy. The former, for example, in Ebreichsdorf in the Baden district. The second in Pottenstein – also in the Baden district. There, a party tent was torn from its anchorage and got stuck in a telephone line.