BREAKING: Another Strange Austrian Mudslides, Flooding and Avalanches Kill 121 People, Injure Several Others | The Weather Channel
The weather system that has brought historic flooding to Venice is also causing snowstorms, flooding and mudslides across Austria.
Schools were closed Monday in East Tyrol because of the threat of avalanches, the APA news agency reported.
A mudslide killed an 80-year-old man when it hit his home Monday in Bad Kleinkirchheim in southern Austria, according to the Associated Press. The house was essentially destroyed, Mayor Matthias Krenn told APA.
Two women were buried in their homes by another mudslide in Bad Gastein, south of Salzburg. The mudslide pushed one house into the other, APA reported.
A landslide pushed one house into another on Monday, November 18, 2019, in Bad Gastein, south of Salzburg, Austria. Two women were injured. (AFP via Getty Images)
Both women survived, but it took firefighters several hours to rescue one of them, AP said. Both were injured and taken to the hospital.
On Sunday, a mudslide hit a barn in Reisseck, injuring a 34-year-old woman and killing several cows, the Kleine Zeitung reported.
Flooding from the Gurk River forced residents to evacuate 15 buildings in Gurktal, in the Carinthia region, AP reported.
More than 30 people were evacuated from their homes in the Austrian state of Styria because of the threat of landslides, Deutsche Welle reported
About 3,300 houses were without power on Monday in East Tyrol and Carinthia, Der Standard reported.
Several train lines were interrupted and roads were closed.
Villages in southern Austria were cut off because of heavy snowfall, AP reported. Helicopters scouted the nearby mountains for possible avalanches.
Snow first began in Austria last Wednesday but grew more severe over the weekend. Further south, the same weather system had caused severe flooding in Venice.
Heavy snow in South Tyrol in Italy led to an avalanche that grazed a populated area of the Martell Valley in the Alto Adige, without causing major damage, AFP reported.
