Snow chaos in the Alps | DW Documentary
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- Austria is snowed under -- to the delight of skiers and the horror of homeowners. Even older Austrians are amazed by the amount of snow that’s fallen in a matter of days.
Soldiers, firefighters and volunteers are helping in the most affected areas. Austria is used to dealing with large amounts of snow, but this year the country has received far more than usual. Meter-high piles cover the rooftops and rising temperatures are leading to rising fears that roofs could collapse. In the village of Altaussee in Styria, residents whose homes lay below the Loser Mountain were evacuated due to the risk of an avalanche. Meanwhile, in Saalfelden in the state of Salzburg, the Austrian army’s helicopter unit has been taking to the air to pinpoint unstable snowpack that could trigger avalanches. On January 12, a group of skiers was killed in an avalanche near the Alpine resort of Lech, after using a trail that was closed due to unsafe conditions. Still, at ski resorts like Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the mood is upbeat. Here the snow is good for business and a source of pleasure for holidaymakers. A report by Mariel Müller and Marc Erath
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I am so jealous, I would give anything to get this much snow in London. We only get snow occasionally here, and it's usually only a small amount. I don't see what their problem is, it's absolutely beautiful.
The "Chaos" was more in the media.
its just winter... just a normal winter...
i read the title as "Australia is snowed under" and was shocked.
I was shocked by you LOL
🤣
Well rn it its like 30C° to 40C° so some snow would be nice
It snows in Australia in the mountains near Melbourne
Snowed under in Down Under? :-)
They need "Avalanche Snow Rakes" so they don't have to go on the roof. I used one to clear 10' of compressed snow on my roofs.
Burger Kling not Wisconsin or North Dakota. I remember my Dad using cordage in Fargo
I really liked the translation. It wasn’t direct, but it instead got the full contextual meaning across.
We also Suffering from heavy snowfall in Himalayas
im an austrian, on 900m - and thats just "winter" ....
No, this is a lot of snow
c´mon, I live in one of the mentioned cities. nothing spectacular to report, just snow in january, as it should be.
OK, it´s a bit more than usual, but we are used to it and well prepared...
9:50 Rhetorical headlines piss me off.
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Many thanks my friend. I really like watching documentaries. Many are quite entertaining and can offer some great information. But I still take much of their content with a grain of salt. It’s really nice of you to offer some real, first person, factual information!! The very best of health and happiness to you my friend!! Stay safe!!
🇺🇸Grandpa🇺🇸
Don’t you realise that some parts of my county had 10feet of snow? Ur city dose not get that often
And not a single snowman to be seen ☃️ 😞
I have one 😄
You cant make a snow man out of this powder snow
I wish DW would do stories in the Americas like this. I absolutely love these mini docs...and the long ones too! I watch them with my daughters. I have a camera, if you need footage! 😀
William Cutting NA or South America? There are so much American content. But Maybe it has to be of European standards ^^
I also like to watch this and my English listening ability improved a lot😎
@@JacobafJelling No one is Argentina says "I live in America" USA was the first country in the world with "america" in it's name.
Give us your snow! I want to go snowboarding!😁
My dream excessive snow, I love it. I will admit it can become a full time job removing it when the cycle kicks in. I remember taking a day or two off to clear snow and get things under control.
Glad it's snowing somewhere. I'm in Boston and we've only had 1.8 inches all season as of Jan. 26th!
I got 11 feet in three days in tahoe. I had a roof cave in on my street and multi deck ripped from houses as well. Get a shovel and more shoveling less talking.
I don’t mean to be a pessimist, but compared to what’s happening in my country and others, it seems like you are having fun....!
4:32 is just so beautiful!
The people live here really - really great live with great enthusiasm in 2 cold☁ region. ..👌👌👌
Yeah, they're very strong minded take it all in their stride 👏👏😀
LOL!!! I love how the title of the video is so foreboding, but later on it shows ski lifts and skiers having a great time!!
it used to be really bad. Some valleys were closed off and due to bad weather no heli was permitted to fly
i wish i was there for the rest of my life
I wish I was here! ALL MONTH! -jj🤗
Iran rocky Mountains,Deserts and tasty foods are awesome too so if you have enough money travel to IRAN
@@BobiR-bl9fc Haha, funny!
Lol u wishing to be there but those who are there they want's to get out
I love snow but unfortunately there has been only one snow day in November here in New Jersey. But still the temperature is Soo low. It's freezing...
That’s nothing for Austrians. They’re used to it. They love snow. I’ve been there many times, love it.
We are having a good snow year in Colorado U,S, , let it snow!
I have skied at Saalbach-Hinterglim, I think we were staying nearby in Zell Am Zee-- there are many small touristy ski mountains east of Kitzbuhel. Great food, not that expensive as Switzerland, would recommend it.
So adorable view
Sounds like a 'wet' spring is coming
thanks for showing that
One of the Reason to why most cities and settlements thousands of years ago are near big water sources
I lived in Switzerland for 4 months and it was hell ..
I'm so sorry I thought that's the best place to live and very safe!
I like to see about other countries. The village looks like it would ve good in the spring summer. May God Bless. A lady 74 in OREGON.
Some áreas its 15 to 20fts of snow and more
Wish we had some of that snow here in Tacoma!
snow in the alps, in january, you must be joking
haris mujanovic more than usual. Then it’ll melt soon.
Lol.
My favorite country is in chaos. I last visited in 2019 summer
I would love to be there. Can somebody take me there, please?
It's cold because of the Carbon Tax we Canadians are paying to offset Global Warming.
Hahaha
They want to start that bullshit here in the US. If that bitch was elected we would have it for sure. The Clintons, the F’n UN and the liberal asses. Tax and spend everyone’s’ money like a bunch of drunken sailors. Kids today are just screwed!
Lol.
The irony is that a carbon tax is the free market approach to dealing with an economic externality like pollution. With an economic externality, it's not the producer or the consumer that pays the costs of the pollution but everyone whether or not they consumed the product or service hence the tax attributes the cost to the product and service while the revenue's collected are rebated equally to everyone. Then the free market takes the presumably appropriate measure to reduce the consumption of the product or service. To complain about the carbon tax is like saying you have the right to pilfer everyone else's pocket.
Now look at what the conservative Ford government proposes as an alternative, public funds to incentize major producers to reduce their carbon production. That's simply selective cronyism to their financial donors. Not very financially conservative is it.
There are problems with taxation as the solution to an economic externality. For one, it's subject to bureaucratic corruption and inefficiencies. Even if done efficiently, it may displace social benefits from other revenue sources. The rebates may not reach the most marginalized citizens who have often just given up filing income tax reports. But you're just putting your foot in your mouth when you denigrate carbon tax on your apoarently ignorant and likely non-existent grounds.
Carbon tax??? How do they fix it with money. Canada is messed up and they will make money with anything. Carbon tax. How Fd up.
Problem with living up in the mountains. Such weather can be dangerous.
It's so beautiful there not a bad problem to have if you like the snow and cold
Great work! Keep it up.
You know, if you have 1000 pounds of dry snow on your roof and it gets warm, it becomes 1000 pounds of wet snow. It doesn't get heavier.
This is searching for a story where there is none.
You mean a scoop.
I life there and i can say that there were reagions with well over 5m of new snow. And we had some major power outages each day with all the powerlines colapsed from the mix off hevy wett snow and cold temps. You dont have a whinter like this that often
Is extensive snow in Athens newsworthy?
Zorbawon You mean the media should never report on huge fires in Europe, the U.S., Australia, on dangerous tsunamis, volcanic eruption, flooding, avalanches and other catastrophic events caused by climate change. Geez, some people are thick as two planks.
Yes, my thoughts exactly. "We need to move all this snow" -- no shit Sherlock, what else is new.
Das ist sehr schade. Viel Glück.
Super cold place, great video keep it up.
snow pack does not get heavier just from warm temperatures. it would have to rain. bogus info.
And it has snowed heavily in Kashmir this winter also and winter is too long this time.we have to wait till march for some good sunshine n warmth.
1:17 Can somebody please explain to me how this is possible. Surely mass is conserved. Is he confusing a density/volume change for a change in mass?
Pardon my ignorance, I live in a subtropical country.
Jittery Cursor88 I thought the same thing when he said it! And I’m a university math professor. If no new snow falls on the roof, then warming temperatures won’t increase the weight on the roof, but comparing weight amounts with a visual estimate, then I could see how the same volume would weigh a bunch more.
because water is trap in melting snow, and cannot go anywhere, from top to bottom. So water from top get stuck in the middle.
Jittery Cursor88 - Did you not hear the explanation? Warm weather changes the falling light snow into falling rain, which freezes on the roof with the existing snow resulting in 5x increased weight.
When it starts raining, the snow stores the water like a sponge and therefore becomes quite heavy.
Just replace snow by sand and then you will know ;-)
Beautiful!
Seems like winter is coming a bit late in south of the alps aka Italy. Looks like Austria got dumped like we did last year. 8+ meters last year and meanwhile the Swiss side was getting avalanches and “too much snow” so they had to completely shut down zermatt.
Can you imagine that in the UK
Leaves on the track stops the trains
in Zagreb Croatia, we have Suny day no snow 🌨 like old days 20 yrs ago was - 20
😱 we wouldn't cope in that temperature in England 😉😁
Kind of ironic. Austria Australia. I did my usual morning check of the world wind map this morning and saw big areas with dawn temps around 39 C.
Wow nothing like being on a 12/12 pitch 3 stories up! 😳 I guess if you fall the pile of snow will cushion the fall!
It doesnt get heavier! Same wheight but more compressed... So feels heavier
These people have SO much worse snow problems, but they know what to do, even the older people, they take it in their stride where we over in England panic. I know it doesn't happen in UK as often, but you'd think we could be more prepared, if you know you have to drive in bad weather lay layers of blankets over the car seats,or those thin shiny fold up blankets if you have to, have a flask of hot drink + supply of snacks etc, etc, make sure you have extra water, petrol med kit and empty bottles or tub tissues/wipes for when you need the loo.
Beautiful
This whole Global Warming and Climate Change is not too easy to understand there are places where temperature is rising and iceberg are melting and then there are places which are having too harsh winters
In My view Climates are becoming too harsh or extreme
To be honest
I agree with you there, either way, wish we could all be more prepared.
This seems Sensational. Will people in the future look back and say wow it was so dangerous back in the days when there was still snow?
This was in the news here in Germany, it seems like this was a rather big deal. Bavaria got a ton of snow as well.
Meanwhile in Graz we only get slush, as per usual
The other night it was 10 feet snow at peer ki gali, Kashmir.
winter ? schnee ? berge ? alles prima.........da ist nichts besonderes zu sehen.........
It was not so dramatic! A lot of snow for a few days. Only a good Story for the Media from foreign countries.
Greats from the alps, tyrol, Austria!
I wish i was there.....from the phillipines.
heated roofs , stops snow
Expect some lowland flooding come spring, too.
I think everyone can get rid from the scorching heat
Es tut mir leid das zu hören. Ich hoffe es wird besser.
English plz
@@rosenlu3819: " I'm sorry to hear about this. I hope it gets better."
i'm pretty sure snow doesn't get heavier just because it gets warmer, maybe the point is if it rains on the snow and then freezes
The snow gets heavier when it gets warmer, normal snow has a lot of air in it, if it gets warmer the air will get changet out with moisture from the air. in icy weather you have nearly no air moisture, if it gets warmer it will rise.
Looks about normal.
Bid whoop. Gotta love it.
Very heavy snow
being hit by falling ice is dangerous, No Shit!
Very exciting...
it's a bit funny to watch this as an inhabitant of the affected regions
alter Schwede!
Schnee im Winter, brutal!
no..thanks..
i love Austria
" When it gets warmer a cubic metre of snow that weighed 100 kilos now weighs 500." Um . . . . . . . .
Probably correct
i want to become citizen. such a nice country.
To a Texan, it looks like the army there is just hanging out and playing in the snow. 😉
God I wish I lived there!
UK are you watching?
How much snow fell?
This isn't a story. Wait 5-10 years and you'll probably have one.
Let me keep my comment because i have never been in any snow Country.
Then go to Kashmir I guess...
Wow you’re missing out
Huh I'm not sure it's safe for old men to be climbing around on their own roofs. The government should help these people.
yes, people actually died when they fell from roofs
Amazing how strong an old man in Europe, my uncle also 70 years old can't even button his own shirt, he has arthritis!
There is no Mother Nature weather world wide.
I think it is the south pacific oscillations "el nino".
In america, everyone would die.
I like Winter. 💯💯
I wish it snowed here
They should try to use ropes and pull them across the house roof pulling the snow down. Use it like a cheese slicer to cut the snow away from the roof and sliding it off.
doesent work. In austria if you live in an area with lots of snow you have to install snow guards on the roof.
I told you winter is coming
Next Years documentary: "Lack of Snow creates chaos in the Alps" Of course, some winters are wet and some are dry...nothing new.
lack of snow is called summer.
Well, I watched the whole thing waiting for the beer and the hot ski bunnies in skimpy bikinis.
sending lots of love from Wakanda(forever) in this hard times for Austria
All that lovely pure white snow...I fancy eating a handful...go ahead, judge me....
This is why I live in Southern California :)
clever boy👍
*Austria gets 1 - 2 meters of snow over 2 weeks*
Austria: o no, state of emergency
*Colorado gets 1 - 2 meters of snow in under 24 hours*
colorado: POWDER DAY!!!
More moisture in-air more rain and snow ....due to warming