The clean-up work continues: On December 25th, fire departments in Styria had to be deployed to repair damage caused by the storm “Zoltan”. The roof of the BORG was covered in iron ore. A mudflow occurred between Turau and St. Lorenzen in the Mürztal.
The storm of the past few days caused a lot of damage. Upper Styria was particularly affected. In the Liezen district alone, 680 men were active in 80 storm operations by December 23rd – and that’s by no means everything. The firefighters in Eisenerz had to be deployed again on Christmas Day. The storm had covered the roof of BORG Eisenerz. “The comrades climbed onto the roof using a turntable ladder and secured it,” informs the fire department. In Aigen im Ennstal, the fire department had to pump out the basement of a house. There was a similar operation in Döllach in the Liezen district. In Gröbming and Mooslandl, roads were not passable because trees had fallen. Pogusch closed A mudslide occurred on the Pogusch between Turnau and St. Lorenzen in the Mürztal on December 25th around noon. The L123 road is closed, traffic was diverted via the B20. On December 24th. The B20 between Thörl and Kapfenberg was again temporarily closed due to work on a power line. A tree had fallen on the line. Due to the storm damage, a hundred mechanics from Energie Steiermark were unable to spend Christmas with their families. Until the afternoon of December 24th. Most of the 3,000 households that had lost power were able to be supplied again.
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