Off the wire
• Dialogue prevents outbreaks of violence in Venezuela, says Unasur  • Portuguese president promotes magazine for social integration on street  • Estonian tripartite gov't says fulfils most goals in first 100 days in office  • Interview: EU probe unlikely to stop Belgrade-Budapest railway: Serbian expert  • France's UDI party suspends campaign support for Fillon over fake job probe  • Oil prices rise on weaker dollar  • Bolivia rejects U.S. allegations about int'l drug trade  • Rare comic books with Superman, Batman first appearance to put on auction  • Latvian FM believes EU defense cooperation should complement NATO, avoid overlap  • Guardiola says Aguero is "happy" at Manchester City  
You are here: 　 Home

Extreme winds expected in Austria on Saturday: weather authority

Xinhua, March 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Austria's weather authority has released a warning for extreme wind on Saturday, to reach up to 120km/h in some valley areas.

The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said in a press release the foehn winds will primarily be felt in the west of the country.

Elevated areas will see even strong winds of typically over 100km/h, in some of the mountainous regions of Tyrol, Salzburg, and Vorarlberg even up to 160km/h.

At the anticipated speeds, trees can be blown over which in turn can cause problems on roads, rail tracks, and to power lines, as well as on roofing and construction scaffolding. Endit