Unchanged rescued - Weather disturbance in Tyrol: Two Germans trapped by a mudslide
Floods with walls have left a man and a woman from the Ruhr region in a predicament in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. According to the police report, the two were trapped in their car in the middle of the night on a road in Zillertal, surrounded by an overflowing creek. The road in the Fügenberg area was blocked at several points by mud.
Emergency responders could only reach the man and the woman from Gelsenkirchen on foot. After clearing the road, the two were able to drive down the valley unharmed.
Due to another landslide in Tyrol, the Reschenpass and several communities along the Austria-Italy border were inaccessible from the Inn Valley on Friday. The clearing of the affected roads was being worked on with great urgency, according to Land Tyrol.
Parts of the southern federal states of Steiermark and Carinthia were also affected by the floods. Houses, streets, and cellars were flooded. Fire departments in the Murtal region of Steiermark had to respond to numerous calls.
- The emergency services in North Rhine-Westphalia were put on high alert due to the forecasted storm in the Ruhr Area.
- Ms. Schmidt from Germany expressed her concern about the increasing traffic congestion in the anypoints of Austria, particularly in Tyrol.
- Automatic warning systems were activated in several regions of Austria, including Zillertal, to alert residents about potential flooding.
- The police in Austria issued a warning for drivers traveling through the Fügenberg area in Tyrol, due to the high risk of floods and landslides.
- With the help of specialized equipment, the police were able to evacuate several families from their homes in the Zillertal valley before the storm hit.
- As part of its flood prevention measures, the governing body of North Rhine-Westphalia announced plans to invest in upgrading the drainage systems in the Ruhr Area.
