Severe weather in southern Europe in January and February 2014

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The storm in southern Europe covered Italy , Austria , Switzerland and the Balkans with heavy snow and freezing rain . The trigger for this storm is the low Mayla , which worked in the Mediterranean.

Austria

In Austria, the Tauern motorway had to be closed at times . The Tauernbahn was also only in operation with replacement rail services. The Lesach Valley , the Nassfeld , Bad Bleiberg and Zell-Pfarre regions were cut off from the outside world . In south-eastern Styria, the Radkersburger Bahn line between Spielfeld and Bad Radkersburg had to be closed due to the freezing rain and the risk of landslides and was out of service for several weeks due to the clearing work.

In mid-February, large amounts of fresh snow in Carinthia and Styria led to major damage, where the power supply but also traffic was affected.

Italy

A landslide has been reported in Italy near Bergamo . Numerous people were then placed in emergency shelters. The Tiber had reached high water due to the constant rainfall. Numerous schools in Rome have been closed. In South Tyrol it snowed more than 400 percent of the average amount of snow.

Serbia

In Serbia, snow drifts reached a snow depth of up to six meters, which was caused by the Kosava wind . 400 people got stuck with their vehicles in the snow and were freed with the help of tanks or helicopters .

Slovenia

Freezing rain on the damaged overhead lines at Postojna train station

In Slovenia there was freezing rain , which in many regions led to a layer of ice up to five centimeters thick. Numerous communities were cut off from the outside world. 90,000 people in Slovenia were without electricity, among other things because several power poles collapsed under the ice. 500 tons of steel had to be removed in this context. The Slovenian government applied for international aid from the neighboring countries of Italy and Croatia and from the EU Commission . Austria sent the disaster relief service of several federal states with 113 fire brigade members with 65 vehicles and 27  emergency power generators to the country. Germany sent THW helpers from Hesse and Bonn to Slovenia, the Czech Republic sent six professional firefighters from Ostrava . 500,000 hectares of forest area, i.e. 42 percent of the forest area in Slovenia, were covered with ice. The damage is estimated at 3.5 million cubic meters of wood, which corresponds to the regular annual logs in Slovenia. In the city of Postojna , which was particularly hard hit, a crisis center was set up where people could find refuge from the cold. The Postojna hospital in particular was a challenge for the helpers.

Switzerland

In the canton of Ticino , more than half a meter of fresh snow fell within 24 hours on February 2.

The Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn closed the car train in Furka and Oberalp and the route between Realp and Hospental .

Web links

Commons : Freezing rain in Slovenia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Several deaths in storms in parts of Europe. In: RP-Online. February 2, 2014, accessed February 6, 2014 .
  2. ↑ West and South Austria sink into the snow chaos. In: heute.at. January 31, 2014, archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; accessed on February 6, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Continue to block in Carinthia, East Tyrol has electricity again. In: heute.at. February 1, 2014, archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; accessed on February 6, 2014 .
  4. ^ Railway threatened by landslides. In: Little Newspaper . February 6, 2014, archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; accessed on December 15, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Winter weather causes blackouts and locks. Heavy snowfall in the south and west, rain in the east - the foothills of an Italian low caused problems in Styria: Up to 7,000 households were temporarily without electricity, the ÖBB route Leoben-Villach is open again after a closure. In: ORF-Styria. ORF , February 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; accessed on December 15, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Snow chaos: 4,000 households still without electricity. The wet, heavy snow caused severe disabilities in Carinthia on Monday. Trees fell and damaged power lines. 4,000 households will be without electricity until Tuesday. Rail passengers had to be transported on by buses. In: ORF-Kärnten. ORF , February 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; accessed on December 15, 2014 .
  7. ↑ a b Peter Bissolli, K. Friedrich, H. Mächel, A. Kreis, S. Rösner: Much snow in the southern Alps - floods in Italy at the end of January / beginning of February 2014. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: DWD .de. February 5, 2014, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on February 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dwd.de
  8. ↑ Tens of thousands after ice storm without electricity. In: NZZ. February 2, 2014, accessed February 7, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Slovenia thanks the Chancellor via SMS for quick help. In: heute.at. February 4, 2014, archived from the original on December 1, 2014 ; accessed on February 6, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Power outages: winter disaster paralyzes Slovenia. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. February 4, 2014, accessed February 6, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Snow and freezing rain paralyze life. In Slovenia, the weather situation is not in sight for the time being: Precipitation in the form of snow and freezing rain have made the situation even worse. 44,000 households were last without electricity. In the west, which has been enclosed by ice sheets that are centimeter thick since last Friday, the situation has worsened. ORF , February 6, 2014, archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; accessed on December 15, 2014 .
  12. ↑ Alexander Nittner: Frosty use for Lower Austrian fire brigade members . In: BrandAus . Pbb Verlagspostamt, Tulln February 2014, p. 9–15 ( online and frosty use for Lower Austrian fire brigade members ( memento from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on December 15, 2014]).
  13. ↑ Half a meter of fresh snow in Switzerland. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. February 2, 2014, accessed February 7, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Snow blocks traffic in the mountains. In: NZZ. February 2, 2014, accessed February 7, 2014 .