After two hot days, severe Storms in Germany parts of caused numerous rescue workers to be called out. Parts of Bruchsal in Baden-Wurttemberg are under water, and the population is being warned via a warning app to seek higher ground.
Boards. Violent storms with heavy rain and hail demanded a lot from emergency services in various parts of Storms in Germany in the evening and at night. were particularly affected North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg , where a river overflowed its banks in Bruchsal and the old town of the Heidelsheim district was flooded. In the meantime, the water was up to 1.50 meters high, the local fire department said. According to the flood control center, the Saalbach river reached its highest level at the Bruchsal gauge at around 2.30 a.m. at a good 2.13 meters and just exceeded the mark for a so-called 100-year flood of 2.10 meters.
Water in underpasses and on streets
Storms in Germany was particularly In Baden-Wurttemberg, the Karlsruhe district affected by severe storms. The country’s flood control center warned on Tuesday evening that due to locally extremely heavy rain, sharp rises in water levels in some streams and small rivers were possible, not only overnight but also over the course of Wednesday.
In view of the severe weather situation, the Karlsruhe police asked people to avoid non-urgent journeys. The district fire brigade association announced shortly before midnight that the firefighters had so far processed more than 500 missions.
Fallen tree prevents Eurocity from continuing its journey
In Bavaria, Storms in Germany a Eurocity near Bad Endorf collided with a tree that had fallen into the track area and came to rest. There were around 260 people on the train who were taken to Prien in minibuses, as Deutsche Bahn announced. According to federal police, there were no injuries. The railway said the overhead line was damaged and needed to be repaired. The closed section of the route between Bad Endorf and Prien near Lake Chiemsee is expected to be released in the morning hours. Long-distance trains turned around or ended their journey prematurely.
There were also disruptions to rail traffic in the Ammerland district of Lower Saxony : Due to the Storms in Germany, a tree fell onto an overhead line, whereupon train traffic at Augustfehn train station in Apen came to a complete standstill late on Tuesday evening, according to the fire department. A passenger train that was on the route was stopped.
Cars overturn on the A9
Storms in Germany in an accident due to heavy rain on Autobahn 9 in the Eichstätt district Two cars overturned in Upper Bavaria. According to current knowledge, a driver heading towards Munich lost control of his vehicle near Denkendorf due to weather on Tuesday evening, the police said. The car hit the central guardrail and a second car, causing both vehicles to leave the road to the right and overturn.
The driver of the second car escaped with minor injuries, while the other driver and another passenger in his car sustained moderate injuries, according to police. The A9 was completely closed for a short time, but is now passable again.
Around 25 residents have to leave the nursing home
Heavy rains also led to hundreds of fire brigade operations in East Frisia. The city of Aurich was particularly affected, as a spokesman for the operations center in Wittmund said. Around 25 residents of a nursing home had to be taken to a sports hall in the evening. Ceiling tiles in the home had come loose. In an Aurich hospital, the fire brigade and the technical relief agency worked to prevent an evacuation.
Flooded cellars also in Duisburg
The storms also had consequences in North Rhine-Westphalia. “All available emergency services are on duty,” said a spokesman for the Duisburg fire department on Tuesday evening. Almost the entire city area is affected. The clear focus of the operations is problems with water – Storms in Germany flooding in cellars and underpasses. The police also reported several flooded areas on Autobahn 59 and Autobahn 42 near Duisburg and warned of aquaplaning.
Tree falls on tracks: 80 train passengers have to change
The spokesman said that there were also disruptions to rail traffic elsewhere due to storms on Tuesday evening. A tree that fell presumably due to Storms in Germany brought an unplanned end to the train journey of 80 train passengers near Hennef in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The tree “almost certainly fell due to bad weather” on the section between Siegburg/Bonn and Hennef, he said. As a result, an S-Bahn could no longer continue. 80 passengers then changed to another train “on site”. According to the information, a replacement bus service was then set up. After a certain time, the section of the route was once again accessible as a single lane, said the spokesman.
Lightning strike causes roof fire
Several lightning strikes led to emergency operations in the Aachen city region during the night. In Würselen, a lightning strike set a roof structure on fire, a police spokesman explained. The corresponding residential building was severely damaged by the fire and remained uninhabitable. According to a spokesman, there were no injuries.
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