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Snow fell in places up to 600 meters and surprised many drivers.
Deutschlandsberg / St. Kathrein am Hauenstein / Fischbach. Since Sunday night, winter has hit numerous top roads in Styria with snow greetings: In the Deutschlandsberg district, firefighters had to remove several fallen trees from the streets that could not carry the masses of wet snow. Not only Weinebenstraße (L619), but also local roads in the Glashütten area were not passable. The situation was similar in Schanz and in Alpl in eastern Upper Styria.
But it was not just the snow that caused the fire brigades to deploy in Deutschlandsberg, because the white splendor rained down in the valleys. In St. Peter im Sulmtal, pumping works were also necessary in cellars that were under water due to the high amount of rainfall.
The fire brigade from Fischbach (Weiz district) had to clear the Schanzsattel in the Mürz valley of fallen trees. Several inches of snow covered the road. The same image can be seen in neighboring St. Kathrein am Hauenstein. There, the Alpl was more than sugary: numerous vehicles got stuck and there, too, fallen trees blocked the road to Krieglach. The Sölkpass was completely closed due to snowfall.
Start of winter in Carinthia: road closures and fire operations
Klagenfurt. The onset of winter caused numerous traffic obstacles in Carinthia on Sunday evening. Downed trees and landslides blocked roads higher up, firefighters logged about 30 operations Monday night. Initially there were no reports of injuries.
The districts of Völkermarkt, Klagenfurt-Land and Wolfsberg were the most affected. But there was also an alarm in the district of Spittal an der Drau, when a landslide moved the federal road B99 from Katschberg between Seeboden and Gmünd. According to the police, it was initially open when the road could be reopened, the state geologist should assess the situation in the morning. The Seebergsattel in the Völkermarkt district was still closed on Monday morning.
On Sunday there were heavy traffic restrictions at the Loibl Pass and the Wurzen Pass due to heavy snowfall, and chains had to be imposed on many other mountain roads. In the meantime, however, the situation has largely eased.
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