For a week a heavy fall of snow provides for extreme winter conditions in upper Bavaria. Meteorologists from the German weather service are expecting a new storm front on the weekend.
For about a week, there is an extreme winter weather in the Bavarian Alps region. Two people already lost their lives: A nine-year-old Boy was beaten to death in Aying from a tree. The driver (48) of a clearance vehicle tool crashed in Lenggries. Snow-Chaos in the traffic: The Bayerische oberlandbahn (BOB) departs for days only to a limited extent. The municipality of Jachenau was temporarily cut off from the outside world. Now she's back on the St2071 reachable (Merkur.de). The German weather service is expecting Saturday night with a new heavy snowfall in the Alpine region.The previous snow-sheet, in upper Bavaria, is devastating: In the land of Miesbach, Berchtesgadener Land, Traunstein and Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen and Garmisch circles-Partenkirchen, in the last few days of the disaster. The school was in many places. Already now it is clear: Also on Monday will be held in the Kreis Miesbach is no school (Merkur.de).
a lot worse: Two people lost in a particularly tragic way her life. On Thursday was beaten to death in Aying (Landkreis München) is a nine-year-old Boy from a tree (Merkur.de). The police believe that the tree collapsed under the snow load. On Friday, there was another accident in Lenggries: A staff member of the Tölzer Straßenmeisterei died. He came with his snow plow into a water inlet of the river Isar. In spite of several hours, and a dramatic rescue operation, lost the 48-Year-old in the fight of his life (Merkur.de).
the Next storm front comes from the Saturday evening DWD is warning of heavy snow
Meanwhile the German weather service is warning of a new storm. As of Saturday evening it's supposed to snow again heavily. The new snowfall in the Alpine region are to continue until Tuesday morning. In particular, above 800 meters of new snow amounts of between 40 and 70 cm, in a traffic jam, the allgäu and Berchtesgaden Alps, leach also expects to more than 100 cm. Especially in the high mountains is to be expected with heavy snow drifts!
Considerable avalanche danger in the Bavarian Alps
winter athletes should be especially careful: In the Bavarian Alps, the avalanche danger is assessed as significant (level 3). According to the avalanche warning service Bavaria, the main risk is still large, occasionally very large, loose snow and snow avalanches, which can be solved by the extra load from new snow to the old Snow cover.
explosive charge disappeared: Challenging avalanche blasting
Additional excitement there was on Friday on the Spitzingsee: throughout Friday the spitzing road was closed due to avalanche blasting. Reason, in the snow, missing a charge. Meanwhile, there are, but the all-clear, reports Merkur.de.
"were destroyed, The girls on the floor": the tournament hall
Heavy snow loads on roofs cancelled provide additional hazards. So had to be locked, the triple hall in Peiting. A ladies football tournament was cancelled. "The girls were destroyed on the ground," learned Merkur.de.
A Hero of the road - on the road with a boar Berger road-Mender
Franz Weiherer (25), when others go to bed. From 1.30 am in the night he gives snow to the people in the Ebersberg district in the Morning free roads. At the moment he's doing a lot of Overtime and no weekends. A mercury Reporter accompanied him.
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Date Of Update: 12 January 2019, 12:00
