The children who died are girls aged 3 and 8, the newspaper writes. Fifteen people were injured at the lake, two of them seriously. One person who was in the water is still missing.
According to the Austrian Meteorological Service, wind gusts of up to 139 kilometers per hour were measured in the south of Austria. In Styria, Carinthia and East Tyrol, all trains came to a halt after the power supply was cut by the storm. Tens of thousands of households are without electricity.
Dozens of trees fell on the road near Griffen on the A2 motorway in Carinthia. There were also power cuts in tunnels. The important road connection to Italy was closed in various places for clean-up and repair work.