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WATCH: Tornado hits north Bavaria, damaging dozens of houses

A tornado hit the small town of Kürnach in northern Bavaria late on Thursday afternoon, damaging the roofs of dozens of houses.

Published: 10 March 2017 15:19 CET
WATCH: Tornado hits north Bavaria, damaging dozens of houses
The tornado could be seen over the roofs of Kürnach. Photo: DPA

The police said that 20 to 30 roofs had tiles blown off, two trees were blown over and one garden shed had been blown down.

The area affected was one kilometre in length and 100 metres wide on the outskirts of Kürnach, a town of around 5,000 people near Würzburg.

No-one was injured during the storm.

The damage level has not yet been officially quantified, but local authorities hope to assess this Friday during daylight hours.

 
According to Michael Reitzenstein, a district councillor, about 80 houses suffered damage. He also said that the damage ranged from one roof tile being lost to half a roof being blown away.

The German Weather Service (DWD) described the stormy conditions as a small tornado, with one of their experts adding that tornadoes are not unusual for this time of year.

Tornado damage in Kürnach. Photo: DPA

“It was not unexpected, but not very likely,” the DWD expert explained, adding that the right weather conditions were there amid a thunderstorm.

Temporary warnings were also in place for other regions as the storm moved through lower Franconia, north Bavaria.

There are currently low weather warnings in place from the DWD for the entirety of southern and central Germany.

The weathermen say that skies will be mostly overcast in the north over the weekend, but that it will be sunnier in the south of the country, where temperatures could rise to as high as 17C.

Strong winds are expected along the coast lines in the north and in the Alpine region.

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‘Turbo spring’: Germany to see temperatures above 25C

Germany is set for a blast of warm weather in the coming week as the colder spell eases off.

Published: 26 April 2024 16:56 CEST
'Turbo spring': Germany to see temperatures above 25C

“The late winter weather of the past few days with frost and snow is a thing of the past for the time being, and spring will kick into turbo gear over the next few days,” said meteorologist Adrian Leyser from the German Weather Service (DWD) on Friday.

Temperatures are expected to rise sharply over the weekend with plenty of sunshine, forecasters said. In Germany anything above 25C is classed as a summer day. “The summer mark of 25C will be cracked regionally as early as Sunday,” said Leyser.

It comes as snow and hail hit Germany last week, and temperatures fell below freezing in some places.

But showers and thunderstorms are still possible in the west and north of Germany. Maximum temperatures there are expected to reach around 20C. 

According to the DWD, spring will get a little damper on Monday, with a few rain spells.  “However, the next low pressure system over Western Europe is preparing to turn on the warm air jet again from Tuesday,” said the meteorologist.

On Wednesday – which is a public holiday across Germany for International Workers’ Day – temperatures could soar nearer 30C. 

“In the south and east, we are even approaching the 30C mark,” said Leyser. However, the weather will remain “susceptible to disruption”, said Leyser, especially in the west where there is a risk of isolated and sometimes severe thunderstorms.

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