The storm “Sabine” caused damage in the city on Monday morning. The wind in Großzschachwitz covered the roof of a building. Parts crashed into a parked car. According to the police, people were not harmed.
On the Bodenbacherstrasse, a rotten poplar fell on a car and against a residential building. No one was injured here either. In both cases, the amount of damage is still unclear.
Otherwise, storm low «Sabine» has largely spared Saxony. “We are not aware of any major damage,” said a spokesman for the situation center in the Interior Ministry in Dresden on Monday. The hurricane had reached the Free State on Monday night. He has now moved south, as a spokeswoman for the German Weather Service (DWD) said in Leipzig at noon. However, a lot of wind is still to be expected.
The storm has caused a lot of damage, especially on the railway. The trees fell and power lines were damaged, said the Deutsche Bahn and the State Railway of Saxony. Employees from both companies had cleared the routes since morning.
The traffic started to roll again gradually, the companies said. Deutsche Bahn resumed operations in the morning and partly in regional traffic. However, delays, particularly in regional traffic, have to be expected, according to the S-Bahn, a spokesman said. He advised the customer to inform himself before starting the trip. In the Vogtland and in East Saxony, the clean-up work is still ongoing, a spokesman for the regional railway.
«Sabine» caused failures at the airports in Leipzig-Halle and Dresden. Especially domestic connections to Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt / Main and Munich were affected, as a spokeswoman reported.
Because of the storm, power outages have occurred in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Brandenburg. On Monday morning, 500 customers in central Saxony, in the Vogtland district and in the surrounding area were affected by Cottbus, as a spokeswoman for Mitnetz Strom (Kabelsketal / Saalekreis) said. Work will continue to remedy the power outages.
According to the (DWD), “Sabine” had reached top speeds of 172 kilometers per hour on the Fichtelberg. At Leipzig-Halle Airport, it was 102 kilometers per hour. (DPA / RED)
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