Two German skiers were killed in avalanches in Vorarlberg in the western part of the country on Sunday and a slovenian skiers have perished in the Salzburgtrakten. Also two hikers have died, and a further two have disappeared in the country’s northeastern part.
Around 2,000 people were isolated in small bergsorter and the military, which is usually used in the rescue could not take off because of the snow.
one and a half feet of snow over the middle and northern Austria in the second half of last week. In the mountainous regions around Salzburg, it was up to three metres. The forecast for Tuesday are talking about another 80 centimeters of snow in some places.