Mudslides near Übelbach
Storms hit the country: A9 closed again
Styria was once again hit by heavy rainfall on Sunday evening. The area north of Graz was particularly affected, with around 180 firefighters being called out in the Graz area. Particularly fatal: once again, mudslides hit the A9 Pyhrnautobahn near Übelbach - this had to be closed in a southerly direction. One lane was reopened on Monday morning.
There is no end to the storm front - thunderstorms moved across Styria again on Sunday evening. This time, the area around Graz and Graz-Umgebung was hit the hardest. "From 9 pm until shortly before midnight, the fire departments in Gratkorn, Weiz, Deutschfeistritz, Kleinstübing and Friesach-Wörth were in action", reports state fire brigade spokesman Thomas Meier. Voitsberg, Weinitzen and Mürzzuschlag were also affected.
"Land under water" in Friesach-Wörth
"Within a short period of time, between 35 and 60 liters of rain fell in our area of operation, and the extremely saturated ground could no longer absorb anything," wrote the Friesach-Wörth fire department on Facebook. "We had to remove fallen trees along the L318, the B67 and on some municipal roads, and there was flooding and in some cases severe mudslides."
Cellars were under water, trees were torn from their anchoring and streams burst their banks, summarizes Meier: "It was the whole range again, from pumping out to securing and clearing up." Eight fire departments with around 180 personnel had to be deployed in the Graz-Umgebung area, reports area fire brigade spokesman Herbert Buchgraber.
One lane of the Pyhrn freeway open again
Particularly fatal: once again, two mudslides hit the A9 Pyhrnautobahn near Übelbach. For safety reasons, the freeway had to be closed southbound between the St. Michael junction and Deutschfeistritz, as a forest road 200 meters above the freeway had slipped. A detour was set up via the S 6 and S 35. Since Monday, 11 a.m., at least one lane can be used again. Asfinag hopes that the second lane will be open by Tuesday evening at the latest.
We had around 20 mudslides in May, yesterday there were two. Since then, we have been working on slope stabilization - this is incredibly time-consuming and could take until the end of August.
Walter Mocnik, Pressesprecher Asfinag Steiermark
It is the continuation of a challenging early summer for Asfinag. A total of around 20 landslides had already occurred in May. "Since then, we've been working on slope stabilization - it's incredibly time-consuming and can take until the end of August," says press spokesman Walter Mocnik. Efforts are being made to secure the many steep slopes as quickly as possible.
After the heavy thunderstorms on Friday, the southern line between Unzmarkt and Friesach was also reopened on Sunday evening. However, the Graz-Köflach line between Söding-Mooskirchen and Köflach is expected to remain closed until Tuesday evening. A rail replacement service with buses has been set up and trains should be able to run again from Wednesday.
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