Mudslides and floods

Civil defense warning for Baldramsdorf

Entire streets were destroyed in the municipality of Baldramsdorf.(Bild: Elisa Aschbacher)

Mudslides, power outages and flooding. A heavy thunderstorm cell moves across Upper Carinthia on Sunday evening. A civil defense warning was therefore issued in Baldramsdorf. 

Upper Carinthia's fire departments are called out again. A thunderstorm cell causes several deployments - especially in the Spittal district. "Specifically, it's about the village of Schwaig in Baldramsdorf. We have recorded several mudslides there," announces Walter Egger, press spokesman for the Spittal fire department. People are advised to stay in their homes. Residences near the Schwaigerbach stream, which is threatening to burst its banks, are particularly at risk.  

Several roads have been relocated due to fallen trees. "One farmstead in Schreigraben is cut off from the outside world, but we are in contact with the residents," continued Egger. Several households in the Schwaig area are without power. Baldramsdorf is no longer accessible from the direction of Spittal because a mudslide has buried an area of the Baldramsdorf main road. 

Cellars under water and flooding 
"Several cellars in the town of Spittal are under water, they have to be pumped out and roads cleared of water", Egger continues.

The situation is being assessed
While the emergency services had their hands full during the night, on Monday morning a helicopter from the Ministry of the Interior will investigate the situation more closely from the air in order to be able to assess the risk situation. According to the emergency services, a drone will also be used to get an idea of the tense situation.