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As a precaution, Verbund lowered the level of the Drau reservoirs.
In Carinthia, small storms on Sunday night caused some damage, especially in the Hermagor and Spittal districts. In Rothenturm (Spittal district), a tree uprooted by the storm fell on a power line, which broke and hit a passing car. The inmates were unharmed. As a precautionary measure, the association lowered the level of the Drau reservoirs on Saturday.
A man (39) from the district of Spittal an der Drau was walking with his two children under the house’s 0.4 kV power line at the time the tree fell on the cable at around 10 p.m. This was pulled from the anchoring a roof rack and fell onto the car. The power cord was free of tension at this time, as the Carinthia State Police Department announced on Sunday.
The Gailtalstraße (B111) near the town of Höfling was impassable due to a landslide. A local diversion has been established. The duration of the blockade could not be estimated at this time. Road maintenance started with cleanup work. On the B87 Weißensee Straße (B87) between Greifenburg and Hermagor, heavy rains washed dirt onto the road. The area between Kreuzwirt and Pass Kreuzberg was impassable in both directions. In the Hermagor and Sachsenburg areas, volunteer fire brigades were on duty until midnight, clearing work and clearing blockages when streams overflowed. The Drautalstraße (B100) between Berg / Drautal and Dellach / Drautal was difficult to drive due to small-scale flooding.
Due to the precipitation forecasts, Verbundgesellschaft had already continued with the descent measures started in the large reservoirs of the Drau on Saturday. The Völkermarkt reservoir was lowered 1.5 meters as a precaution. The water level in the Rosegg reservoirs near Villach and Feistritz-Ludmannsdorf slowly dropped 2.5 meters below normal.
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