Der Bote für Tirol1819–18294 tags
Severe Weather and Devastating Floods Across Tyrol
Following heavy downpours in late May 1821, all of Tyrol from Innsbruck to Valsugana suffered severe flooding. The Sill, Eisack, Etsch, Passer, and Fersina rivers overflowed their banks, causing extensive destruction to roads, bridges, dikes, and fields. Damage to infrastructure and agriculture matched or surpassed that of the disastrous year 1817 in several areas.