Winter: First snow causes traffic chaos Von Sn | 11.10.2013 - 20:00 Of Sn | 11/10/2013 - 20:00 | Kommentieren
The onset of winter in the night on Friday has caused chaos on roads for Salzburg. The Tauern Autobahn had been closed for several hours. Also, the loop trail at the Gaisberg was closed due to snow.
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The onset of winter in Salzburg also leaves its mark on Friday.
Photo blogger AKSA has uploaded a photo from Rauris Snow Forsterbach in "Beautiful home" blog on Friday.
"Snow up to noon, then sunshine and it's all over," User AKSA writes in "Beautiful home" blog and post this photo from Rauris, Forsterbach.
Climbing Rose in the snow in snowy Pinzgau.
Snow in Zell am See.
"So from what it looks ..." - photo Bernhard blogger has uploaded a picture of the first snow in "Beautiful home" blog.
Marianne Robl sends "Sunflowers with snow cover" from Kuchl.
There are already a lot of snow in Rauris Forsterbach.
Winter in Salzburg.
Winter in Salzburg.
Winter in Salzburg.
At least "angezuckerte" cars can also be seen in the city of Salzburg.
The onset of winter in Salzburg also leaves its mark on Friday.
Also in Hallein was the first snow on Friday.
First Snow in Tamsweg.
Winter in Salzburg.
Winter in Salzburg.
Winter in Salzburg.
Winter in Salzburg.
Through the winter it came in on Friday night in a traffic chaos - especially against the Tauern tunnel. Because of the poor road conditions, mostly the road was covered with snow, there were countless hung trucks and cars in front of the Tauern tunnel towards Villach. 23 against the clock motorway to Villach at the enclosure level has been locked. Moreover duty chain was required for all vehicles.
[h=2]Tauerntunnel blocked in both directions Against 23.15 clock the first traffic accident with property damage occurred at the level of the rest stop Tauernalm towards Salzburg. Then the Tauern Salzburg was also closed to all traffic. Around 1:30 clock the accident site was free again. After passing through the snowplows the line was released. To 2 clock hung all vehicles had been removed in the direction of Villach also. The road was opened to traffic. [h=2]Gaisberg-locked loop trail Much snow is also like the Gaisberg, the circular route had to be closed. "There are about 20 centimeters Nasschnee bearing down on the often leafy trees. Since even large branches or whole trees may break. This is too dangerous to leave the way open," said Roman Kloiber of the Avalanche Commission Gaisberg on Friday.
The circular walk will be "until further notice" locked. The situation they would constantly look at as soon as possible and give the all clear, so Kloiber. Not affected by the lock is the little Zistelrunde.
[h=2]Many fire departments use The fire of Salzburg are almost around the clock since Thursday night. Most districts Pongau, Pinzgau and the Lammer Valley Tennengau were affected. Until now, 25 firefighters turn out to be more than 71 missions with 421 emergency services to remove fallen trees or perform salvage vehicle, gave the Landesfeuerwehrverband Salzburg on Friday announced in a press release. In addition, emergency personnel were called to an alarm, a fire alarm system, to fix a water damage and a fire of a power pole. Some fire departments were on Friday still in use to eliminate damage. [h=2]Span inserts for Summer The onset of winter, especially in the Gebirgsgauen led to numerous roadside assistance operations. In the night moved from ÖAMTC staff to help motorists in need. By Friday afternoon the ÖAMTC posted a total of 171 missions, most of them in Pongau and beautiful countryside. Which is around two-thirds more than on normal days, it said in a press release. Because many links were still on the road with summer tires, there have been numerous slip-ups. The ÖAMTC Pannenhelfer attracted cars from ditches, many snow chains mounted and made decrepit jumpstart batteries. [h=2]Accidents and fallen trees Due to the heavy snow fall countless trees were pushed over the lanes in the area Huttau. This took place between 1.45 und 3.30 clock to a total of three accidents involving property damage. Currently, there are no significant obstacles, according to police.
At night and even on Friday the heavy snow load continuously brought trees to fall, so mainly road, but also rail links were broken. In the lowlands up to 20 centimeters of snow were recorded.