Salzburg Region: Severe Weather and Traffic Jams: Hailstorms Bury Roads in Austria
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These are extremely unusual pictures from the Pongau community Wagrain in Salzburg. As the fire brigade informed, it was so heavily hailed on Monday evening that white hailstorms were formed on the streets. Traffic was massively stalled – there was hardly any way of getting through.
Gigantic hail masses missed Wagrain in Pongau a winter landscape and alarm mood.
A violent late summer storm surprised Wagrain in the Pongau on Monday evening. Up to 20 centimeters of hail required the use of clearing vehicles as in the deepest winter. While the clean-up work is running, an expert explains why only the small Pongau municipality was affected by the hail.
Some roads and areas were covered with a thick layer of hail grains. Traffic was temporarily impaired
A violent thunderstorm with storm, hail and heavy rain on Monday evening led to 29 missions by eleven fire brigades in Pongau and Pinzgau. Enormous hail volumes required heavy clearance vehicles in Wagrain.
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