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IN PICTURES: Winds up to 170km/h recorded as storm batters Germany

Storm Sabine, also known as storm Ciara in other parts of Europe, has been leaving a trail of destruction across Germany.

Published: 10 February 2020 11:57 CET
IN PICTURES: Winds up to 170km/h recorded as storm batters Germany
Major damage caused by the storm in Hamburg. Photo: DPA

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Three people were seriously injured in the storm that's been lashing the country with high winds, forcing major travel disruption.

Two women were badly hurt by a falling tree in Saarbrücken on the French border, with one of them receiving life-threatening injuries, police said overnight, reported AFP.

Further north in Paderborn, a 16-year-old boy was hit on the head by a falling branch.

Weather forecasters said winds of up to 170 kilometres per hour had hit mountainous areas.

These photos and tweets show some of the scenes across Germany. All photos are by DPA news agency unless stated otherwise.

Here's a close up of the tree that crashed onto a car in Hamburg.

READ ALSO: Major disruption as storm Sabine wreacks havoc across Germany

Police in Paderborn tweeted to say fallen trees were blocking some roads.

This video shows torrential rain and wind near Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia.

High waters in Füssen, Bavaria.

The city council in Osnabrück tweeted a video showing hailstones.

In Dortmund, this golden retriever felt the force of the wind on the morning walk.

Rescue services have been working through the night.

A portable toilet was blown over in Rattelsdorf, Bavaria. No one was in it at the time, thankfully.

A construction crane at Frankfurt cathedral crashed into a roof causing major damage.

Lots of people faced train cancellations.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled at the largest airports, including 190 in Frankfurt and 420 in Munich, news agency DPA reported. These passengers tried to sleep at Cologne Airport.

Umbrellas have been proving useless, just like this one in Frankfurt.

In Lower Saxony, parts of the Autobahn had to be closed.

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WEATHER

More rain forecast as storms hit western Germany

Severe storms and heavy rain affected parts of Germany on Thursday, creating disruptions. More rain is forecast on Friday but weather warnings have been lifted.

Published: 3 May 2024 09:53 CEST
More rain forecast as storms hit western Germany

Major storms hit western Germany on Thursday, causing travel disruption and flooding. 

In parts of Baden-Württemberg, streets were flooded and rivers swelled. Bisingen, southwest of Tübingen, was particularly hard hit, with cellars and streets plunged under water.

Police said there was also traffic disruption. In Baden-Württemberg’s state capital Stuttgart, severe storms and lightning caused issues and some roads were closed.

A lightning strike in the Sigmaringen area resulted in a broken signal box on the railway line. According to Deutsche Bahn, no train journeys were possible in the region in the early evening with several delays and cancellations.

Other states were also affected.

There were around 300 relief operations in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate, which was hit by the 2021 deadly flood disaster.

Police said no-on was injured, although basements and streets were flooded. The water levels of the Ahr were being closely monitored.

Emergency services in Bisingen on Thursday.

Emergency services in Bisingen on Thursday. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Silas Stein

In Trier, too, streets were flooded after heavy rain and there were hailstorms. The Koblenz police headquarters reported fallen trees. Significant property damage due to full cellars and flooded streets was also reported in some areas. 

Heavy showers also fell in Hesse, accompanied by thunder storms. In Frankfurt, according to the fire department, the heavy rain caused water to enter the Bethanien Hospital and even reach the intensive care unit of the clinic.

“We were able to contain the damage relatively quickly and prevent it from spreading,” said fire department spokesman Thorben Schemmel, adding that no patients were affected.

In Rhineland-Palatinate, the Eifel region was particularly affected, with reports of flooded streets after heavy rain and hailstorms.

North Rhine-Westphalia also saw storms late in the afternoon on Thursday. 

The German Weather Service (DWD) said it expected some heavy rain and hail in parts of the country on Friday – particularly in the west – and at the weekend but warnings of severe weather have been lifted. 

The DWD said there could still be one or two strong thunderstorms in the northeast on Friday. However, it will be a significantly quieter day compared to Thursday. Temperatures of up to 25C can be expected.

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