After a thunderstorm front caused numerous damages in the state of Salzburg on Monday, a storm front with heavy rain showers and gusts of wind around 700 firefighters were kept busy.
This time, the main affected area was FlachgauCellars were flooded and roofs were blown off. Trees fell and there were mudslides and blockages. An electric boat carrying five people was stranded on Lake Wolfgang in Seenot advised.
84 deployment locations
Fire brigades were also deployed in Tennengau and Pinzgau. According to the State Fire Brigade Association, there were 29 fire departments with 705 emergency personnel at 84 locations in use.
Am Wolfgangsee At 10.40 p.m., an electric boat traveling from St. Wolfgang to St. Gilgen (Flachgau) got caught in a storm. Because the electric motor had failed, the boat could no longer be steered and, according to the police, drifted helplessly in rough seas about 200 meters from the pier in St. Gilgen.
The ship accidentally became a buoy of the Yacht Clubs St. Gilgen The 62-year-old boat captain from Germany was able to moor it to the buoy and made an emergency call. Water rescuers from St. Gilgen and St. Wolfgang as well as firefighters from St. Gilgen were finally able to bring the crew safely to shore.
