Storm and heavy rain

Storm in the Gailtal valley: several houses damaged

A tree fell onto a house in Kirchbach.(Bild: FF Kirchbach)

Several fire departments and the road maintenance department had to be called out in the Gailtal valley on Monday. In the municipalities of Kötschach-Mauthen, Dellach and Kirchbach, heavy rainfall and squalls caused trees to fall and roads to become blocked. Houses were also damaged.

At around 9.30 a.m., a thunderstorm with heavy rain and squalls moved through the Gailtal valley. "During the storm, fallen trees and broken branches caused temporary traffic obstructions on the Gailtalstraße near St. Daniel, on the Würmlacher Straße near Weidenburg and in several places on the Schattseiten Straße and smaller municipal roads," said the police.

The Kirchbach fire brigade on a clearing mission.(Bild: FF Kirchbach)

Trees fell on houses
In Kirchbach, a tree fell onto the roofs of buildings (outbuildings and a residential building) and a tree fell onto the roof of a residential building. Fortunately, no one was injured. Several trees fell in the area of the Alpenferienpark Reisach. "The branches of one tree grazed an inhabited rental property in the bungalow settlement. No persons were injured." The access road (Reisach municipal road) was also displaced and had to be cleared by the Reisach fire brigade.

The Kötschach-Mauthen road maintenance department and the local fire departments as well as two patrols from the Kötschach-Mauthen police were deployed.