The protective wall of the deluge and avalanche barriers saved the family hotel Hinteregger from destruction during the storm in St. Oswald in Carinthia on Thursday evening. The debris barrier swallowed up most of the mudflow.
“It was tight, but thanks to the protective wall and dam built in 2020 and 2021, we avoided a disaster on Thursday,” reports Martin Hinteregger, one of the three brothers of the family hotel Hinteregger in St. Oswald near Bad Kleinkirchheim. In a short time several streams entered the valley. The debris barrier behind the hotel was full within a very short time.
“While nothing major happened in our yard except dirt and a broken yard, in other parts of the region entire bridges were demolished, paths destroyed and a number of basements and houses full of mud,” says Hinteregger. Only the small grain mill on the Oswalder Bach, which was badly damaged in the last major storm two years ago, was swept a few meters by the tsunami: “We wanted to renovate it, now that is no longer possible.”
“We relied on the protective wall”
“Our hotel is full. All guests were very composed and calm and also relied on the protective wall”, emphasizes the hotelier, but regrets that the house of an elderly couple on Lärchenweg in St. Owald has been badly damaged for the second time. touched.
“I am very sorry. The two were already hit by the storm two years ago, and now more has been destroyed. I do not know if the two can still live there. A neighbor took her in. We need help there,” regrets Hinteregger.
Protective measures have prevented bad things from happening
Fortunately no injuries or worse. “You see that the protective walls are becoming more and more important for the future, because the storms are getting worse,” fears Martin Hinteregger.
Source: Krone
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