10 pics of the snow chaos that's hit the Alps

Whew, what a weekend! It's been raining and snowing like crazy in Tyrol and Carinthia, Austria, and the weather is leaving plenty of wreckage in its wake. Villages are completely snowed in, thousands of households have lost power and the rivers are threatening to flood. Today Austria will get a slight breather, but tomorrow the country is expecting another 20 to 40cm of snow.

#1. Where did my kids go?

#2. Maybe we weren't clear. A LOT of snow has fallen!

#3. Avalanche in the streets of Martell, a village in south Tyrol

#4. The village of Bobojach, in Prägraten, was also hit by an avalanche

#5. Villages across Austria have been completely snowed in

#6. Firefighters were kept busy this weekend in south Tyrol

#7. We've lost count of how many trees have fallen

#8. A number of towns in East Tyrol, South Tyrol and Carinthia have lost power

#9. Broken power lines are a major hazard

#10. Beleagured ski areas welcomed the respite today

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