Mrs Holle in Carinthia – snow, threatened landslides and roadblocks

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The mountains of Carinthia are already white. On Sunday evenings Mrs. Holle would occasionally visit the valleys. Unfortunately, it also has a bitter aftertaste…

Mrs Holle did her work in Hermagor, Spittal and parts of Villach. But the snow probably won’t stay in the valleys.

“There may still be some rain showers in Upper Carinthia on Monday night, the snow line is usually around 1,800 meters,” says Geospere Austria. However, precipitation will finally decrease soon. Monday it will be mainly cloudy. “The temperature drops to 4 to 0 degrees.”

Closure due to landslide
The B99 between Spittal and Gmünd, the L11 between Seeboden and Gmünd and the Wurzen Pass are closed due to the risk of landslides.
Landslides have occurred in the area of ​​the Mickelbauer Bridge on the B99. Horst Tuppinger of the Spittal road construction authority: “According to geologists, it is currently much too dangerous to open the road. It will be decided on Monday how to proceed.”

The excavator shreds 2×3 meters. the road is secured. Accessible on the month 5 meters away. Apparently the material was very soft. pulled with an excavator.

And due to a threatened rock fall, the L45 between Winklern and Arriach also had to be closed on Saturday. This has now been lifted again. “The ten-ton boulder was removed from the danger zone with an excavator. The stone is shattered. If that doesn’t work, it will be blown up,” explains Hubert Amlacher, road engineer from Villach.

Source: Krone

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