Storm chaos in Salzburg: millions of millions flow for destroyed communities!

The storm damage in Salzburg has accepted frightening dimensions! At the last meeting of the disaster fund, aid of a total of 5.8 million euros was granted. Of these, 1.5 million euros have already been paid for instant help measures. The municipality of Großarl in the Pongau in particular was badly affected by Muren movements this year; Wildbach locks were repeated. The cost of emptying these locks and the removal of the Muren material add up to 1.2 million euros. Fortunately, there were no injuries such as Salzburg24.at reported.

The number of storms in the event of storms increases from year to year according to the responsible state councilor Josef Schwaiger (ÖVP). An alarming example is the 165 landslides in recent years, which together caused a damage of 4.2 million euros. There were also 130 flood events that left damage of 2.4 million euros. Damage from hurricanes and snow pressure also continue to burden the disaster fund with another 2.4 million euros. Schwaiger appeals to the population to critically examine their home insurance, since often there are only insufficient insurance sums. From 2024, the self -insurance sums increase to 15,000 euros for private houses and 30,000 euros for companies, informed .