The cleaning work continues: on December 25, fire brigades in Styria had to be deployed to repair the damage caused by the storm “Zoltan”. The roof of the BORG was covered with iron ore. A mudslide occurred between Turau and St. Lorenzen in the Mürztal.
The storm of the past few days has caused a lot of damage. Upper Styria in particular was affected. In the Liezen district alone, 680 men were active in 80 storm operations on December 23 – and that’s not all.
On Christmas Day, the firefighters in Eisenerz had to be deployed again. The storm had covered the roof of BORG Eisenerz. “The comrades climbed onto the roof with the help of a turntable ladder and secured it,” the fire brigade reported.
In Aigen im Ennstal, the fire brigade had to pump out the basement of a house. A similar operation took place in Döllach in the Liezen district.
In Gröbming and Mooslandl the roads were impassable because trees had fallen.
Pogusch blocked
On December 25, around noon, a mudslide occurred on the Pogusch between Turnau and St. Lorenzen in the Mürztal. The L123 road is closed and traffic is being diverted via the B20.
On December 24, the B20 between Thörl and Kapfenberg was again temporarily closed due to work on a high-voltage line. A tree had fallen on the line.
Due to the storm damage, a hundred technicians from Energie Steiermark were unable to spend Christmas with their families. Until the afternoon of December 24th. The majority of the 3,000 households that lost power could be supplied with electricity again.
Source: Krone
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