Tree on the Tracks: Train Connection Blocked

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After a stormy night almost all of Carinthia is affected by severe weather damage and power outages: 1200 households are still without electricity, in the district Wolfsberg a train connection had to be interrupted Friday morning because of a fallen tree. Apart from the district Hermagor it was a turbulent night for the Carinthian fire brigades in the other districts – and still no calm has returned. "Since Thursday at 6 pm the domestic Wehren h…

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On Friday morning, there were fallen trees in the district of Wolfsberg. They lay in the middle of train tracks and prevented a locomotive from continuing. The fire brigade moved on. Heavy wind gusts swept countless trees in the night on Friday. More than 140 fire brigade operations were carried out in Carinthia. One of them also concerned a train of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). "A tree blocked the tracks between Bad St. Leonhard and Wol…