Carinthia’s mountains are already white. On Sunday night, Ms. Holle occasionally stopped by in the valleys. Unfortunately, the weather also has a bitter aftertaste…
Ms. Holle did her work in Hermagor, Spittal and parts of Villach. But the snow probably won’t stay in the valleys. “On Monday night, a few rain showers can still pass through Upper Carinthia, the snowfall limit will then usually be around 1,800 meters,” says Geospere Austria. However, the precipitation will soon finally subside. On Monday it will be mostly cloudy. “The temperature drops to 4 to 0 degrees.”Closures due to landslidesDue to the risk of landslides, the B99 between Spittal and Gmünd, the L11 between Seeboden and Gmünd and also the Wurzenpass are closed. Landslides have occurred in the area of the Mickelbauer Bridge on the B99. Horst Tuppinger from the Spittal road construction authority: “According to geologists, it is currently far too dangerous to open the road. A decision will be made on Monday as to how to proceed.” The Wurzenpass is scheduled to be reopened during Monday afternoon. “Safety work still needs to be done here,” says Villach’s road construction officer Hubert Amlacher. And due to an impending rock fall, the L45 between Winklern and Arriach also had to be closed on Saturday. This has now been lifted again. “The ten-ton rock was removed from the danger area using an excavator. The stone is crushed and if that doesn’t work, it will be blown up,” explains Amlacher
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