Vienna - Heavy snowfalls in Austria caused large-scale power cuts in Austria on Wednesday, while the country's railway connection with Slovenia remained interrupted.

Some 10,000 homes in the Styria province were without electricity, as snow-laden trees had toppled onto power lines, public broadcaster ORF reported.

After fallen trees also damaged the train line between the Austrian town of Graz and the Slovenian town of Maribor, passengers travelling on that route would have to use buses until Thursday evening, a spokeswoman of Austrian railway company OeBB said. (dpa)