Flooding, broken trees, and injured people are the aftermath of a terrible storm that raged last night over the Swiss and Austrian Alps.
The atmospheric front from west to east passed through Switzerland and Austria. Fallen trees blocked a highway in Salzburg. Clearing operations are difficult due to congested vehicular traffic.
Due to a power outage, two mountain tunnels in Austria are closed to traffic. Strong winds ripped off the roofs of residential buildings, and in the province of Upper Austria, about 30,000 households were left without electricity.
Three people were injured in a natural disaster in the Swiss canton of Valais. Winds reaching 132 km/h in Switzerland damaged several houses. The Confederacy also experienced heavy rainfall and hail.