Heavy rain caused a mudslide on the Arlberg on Thursday evening. Parts of the road connection from Vorarlberg to Tyrol were torn away. The road is currently closed to traffic.
On Thursday around 7 p.m. a mudslide thundered over the Arlberg Pass on the Vorarlberg side. The road was heavily washed away and the carriageway towards Tyrol was destroyed. The lane towards Bludenz remained due to the underlying retaining wall and is therefore used for clean-up and evacuation work.
State geologists assessed the situation on Friday morning. The Arlberg Pass road remains closed to all traffic for the time being. A large-scale bypass to Tyrol is only possible via the Lechtal or via Germany.
On Thursday, around 50 vehicles that were currently on the road were led to Vorarlberg by the emergency services. Three houses in Stuben also had to be evacuated. And in St. Christoph on the Tyrolean side, the heavy rainfall also caused major damage. The clean-up work is in full swing there. Only a few days ago, a mudslide flooded the Silvretta Hochalpenstraße, and this connection is also currently unusable.
Source: Krone
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