Upper Bavaria: Meanwhile, in the three Upper Bavarian counties Traunstein, Miesbach and Berchtesgadener Land disaster. The Bundeswehr is in action. There are also many trains in this region due to the weather.

Around Berchtesgaden numerous people are stuck because of the snow masses. The places Vorderbrand and Ettenberg are now no longer available, said the district office. The access roads were closed because trees threatened to tip over under the snow load. An emergency care of the residents is set up. Previously, the roads to the Buchenhöhe settlement in Berchtesgaden and the municipality of Jachenau had already been snowed. (Read an interview with Jachenau's mayor here.)

In Aying near Munich, a nine-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree. The tree had collapsed under heavy snow load, police said. Only after 20 minutes witnesses discovered the child and alarmed rescue workers. These could not help the boy anymore.

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Germany and Austria: Continuous use for snow clearers

Hermsdorf: On the A9 in Thuringia, there was a temporary 50-kilometer-long traffic jam on the night of Thursday. The drivers of dozens of trucks had to stay in their vehicles. Forces distributed warm blankets and hot drinks. The traffic jam also resolved only hesitantly, because many drivers had to be awakened first.

Ulm: Also on the A8 sat in the night of Thursday hundreds of truck and motorists because of snowfall and slipperiness. The traffic had thereby come to a halt between Ulm and Nellingen in Baden-Württemberg over a length of about 35 kilometers. In the faltering traffic, a 54-year-old female driver died near Dornstadt. According to police reports, she was stuck in a traffic jam and sat alone in her vehicle. The cause of death is being clarified, said a police spokesman. A crime is excluded.

Resin: Task Force managed after three days of work to excavate a snow-covered train of the Brocken Railway. The steam locomotive and a remaining wagon could be dug out of the snow on Thursday, said a spokesman for the Harz narrow gauge railway. The train got stuck in a snowdrift just before the Brocken station on Tuesday. Dozens of passengers had to endure for hours. On Wednesday, two of the three wagons, snowed to the roof, had already been dug up.

Austria: At least seven people in Austria have died in the snow since the weekend - including two Germans who were spilled by avalanches on Sunday in Vorarlberg. On Wednesday, a 16-year-old German-Australian was killed in an avalanche while skiing in front of his family.

In addition, two skiers, who sank in falls in the meter-high snow, and two young snowshoe hikers, who were found dead under an avalanche cone on Monday.

The Austrian Armed Forces have succeeded in reaching Hohentauern in Upper Styria, which has been cut off from the outside world since Saturday. The soldiers brought groceries and diesel to the community via a forest road, as Vice Mayor Gernot Jetz said. "The squad made their way through the brooks and steep terrain with off-road vehicles." For cars it is currently impossible to reach the place or to leave. "The main road is still closed in some areas because of the great avalanche danger, and there was no snow cleared out last." The customer review has been automatically translated from German.