Soldiers clear fallen trees, blocked roads following mudslides in Austria

Record ID: 1443026

  • Title: Soldiers clear fallen trees, blocked roads following mudslides in Austria
  • Date: 19th November 2019
  • Summary: NEAR OBERVELLACH IN CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA (NOVEMBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS CLEANING UP ROAD AFTER MUDSLIDE FALLEN TREES TRICKLE OF WATER RUNNING THROUGH MUD VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS CUTTING UP AND CLEARING TREES (SOUNDBITE) (German) PRESS OFFICER COMMAND CARINTHIA, CAPTAIN CHRISTOPH HOFMEISTER, SAYING: "The duration of the deployment is hard to guess. But it most likely will take a couple of more days. The sappers came here with diggers and chainsaws in order to cut up the toppled-over trees and make it easier to remove them." WORKER NEXT TO FALLEN TREES AND SNOW NET (SOUNDBITE) (German) PRESS OFFICER COMMAND CARINTHIA, CAPTAIN CHRISTOPH HOFMEISTER, SAYING: "Some 20 sappers are deployed here to remove the toppled-over trees and the debris from the road using diggers and chainsaws. Additionally, we have five helicopters deployed in Carinthia and East Tyrol which help with various tasks like the transport of people, the transports of provisions and medical supplies, and to free the remaining trees from the snow via the downwash method so that they won’t topple." SOLDIERS CUTTING UP FALLEN TREES (SOUNDBITE) (German) PRESS OFFICER COMMAND CARINTHIA, CAPTAIN CHRISTOPH HOFMEISTER, SAYING: "Because of the weather forecast the situation is hard to predict. But we hope that it will get better or at least that the weather will be stable over the next days so that we can clear away the damage." TOPPLED TREES MUDSLIDE ROAD BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES
  • Embargoed: 3rd December 2019 15:54
  • Keywords: snow Austria Alsp roads blocked
  • Location: NEAR OBERVELLACH IN CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA
  • City: NEAR OBERVELLACH IN CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B67B807
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Austrian soldiers on Tuesday (November 19) joined local volunteers in clearing debris from mudslides and avalanches from roads and remove heavy snow from trees to prevent future damage.
    Heavy snow and rain in parts of Austria since last week have caused fatalities and seen the government declare a state of emergency in parts of the country.
    Along with traffic disruption, bad weather caused evacuations in Styria and a massive power cut in East Tyrol on Monday (November 18) morning.
    Italy's South Tyrol region was also hit by the bad weather.
    (Production: Leonhard Foeger, Fedja Grulovic, Ute Swart)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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