Weather in Germany: tree crashes on moving truck, another blocks train connection

Consequences of a thunderstorm: a tree crashes into a moving truck, another blocks an important train connection

Monday, June 21, 7:39 a.m .: After thunderstorms in Germany last night, accidents and damage occurred. An overview:

Hessen: Thunderstorms with some strong gusts triggered several police and fire services in Hesse on Monday night. There was an accident on Bundesstraße 7 early Monday morning when a tree fell on the road between Kassel and Kaufungen, as a police spokesman said. A motorist hit the tree trunk and was slightly injured, his passenger was uninjured. In Darmstadt, too, there were several missions because trees and signs fell on streets and parked cars. No one was injured, said a police spokesman.

In many places, however, the night on Monday was much quieter than the night before. “We still had heavy rain, but no more thunderstorms in the city,” said a spokesman for the Frankfurt police. The weather in Wiesbaden and Offenbach had already calmed down a bit.

Rhineland-Palatinate: / Saarbrücken: A fallen tree blocked the train connection between Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern on Monday morning. The train service is currently not possible between the two stations Deutsche Bahn around 6.30 a.m. with. The regional line RB64 was therefore affected. A replacement bus service had been set up. How long the disruption would last was initially unknown.

Due to the risk of storms, Deutsche Bahn had already restricted train traffic in the evening as a precaution. The lines from Pirmasens to Landau, Kaiserslautern and Saarbrücken were temporarily suspended until the end of operations.

Rhineland-Palatinate: Thunderstorms with strong gusts of wind also called for the police and fire brigade in Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday night. In Vallendar, a motorcyclist slipped on a wet street in the evening and fell, the police announced early Monday morning. The 53-year-old was seriously injured and taken to hospital with a broken bone and multiple bruises. In the district of Germersheim, several trees fell on the streets, as the police announced. According to initial findings, no one was injured.

Overall, it was much quieter in many places than the night before, confirmed several police spokesmen. “There was still rain, but no major missions,” said a spokesman for the Trier police. In Ludwigshafen and Kaiserslautern, too, the night on Monday was quieter than the night on Sunday.

Saxony: During severe thunderstorms in Leipzig, several trees fell on Monday night. As the police announced on Monday, a tree fell on a moving truck in Merseburger Strasse. The driver was uninjured and his vehicle was only slightly damaged. A light pole was also damaged. Trees also fell on the streets in Jahnallee, Wundtstrasse and Schreberstrasse. Several parked cars were damaged in the latter.

In the south there is a threat of thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail

22.30: The highest warning level has been lifted, as reported by the German Weather Service, but the red alert level still applies to several districts in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. In the south there is a risk of strong, sometimes severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail, in the Alps above 1500 meters threaten gusts of wind. The weather situation remains turbulent on Monday as well: in the early morning hours a heavy rain band stretches from North Hesse to Ostholstein, in the East you have to reckon with great heat.

In Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt as well as in large parts of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg, the DWD also warns of storms with heavy thunderstorms and heavy rain and hail in the night. The warning is initially valid until 3 a.m.

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The current red alert applies here:

Bayern

• Haßberge district
• District and city of Schweinfurt
• Main-Spessart district
• District and city of Bamberg
• Kitzingen district
• District and city of Würzburg
• Erlangen-Hochstadt district
• Neustadt ad Aisch – Bad Windsheim district
• District and city of Fürth
• District and city of Ansbach
• District of Nürnberger Land
• District of Neumarkt id Opf
• Roth district
• Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district
• Donau-Riess district
• District and city of Regensburg
• Kelheim district
• Eichstätt district
• Kreis Paffenhofen ad Ilm
• District of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
• District of Dillingen ad Donau
• Dachau district
• Aichach-Friedberg district
• District and city of Augsburg
• Günzburg district
• Neu-Ulm district

Baden-Wuerttemberg

• Ostalbkreis
• Rems-Murr district
• Goeppingen district
• Esslingen district
• Alb-Danube district and the city of Ulm

Highest warning level declared! Severe storms are now threatening these circles

9:19 p.m .: The weather situation remains explosive for some districts. The German Weather Service is currently warning the following districts of some extremely severe thunderstorms. During the night, the focus of the thunderstorm shifts northeast and reaches the central regions of Germany at the end of the first half of the night. The DWD’s weather warnings are valid until 03:00 a.m. on Monday.

Baden-Württemberg:

Purple alert currently applies to the following counties:

• Biberach district
• Alb Danube district and the city of Ulm
• Neu-Ulm district
• Goeppingen district

Bayern:

Purple alert currently applies to the following counties:

• District of Dillingen a. the Danube
• Günzburg district

Baden-Württemberg:

Red alert currently applies to the following counties:

• City of Baden-Baden
• Esslingen district
• District and city of Karlsruhe
• District of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and city of Freiburg
• Rhineland-Palatinate district and Ludwigshafen
• Black Forest Barr District
• Waldshut district
• District of Emmendingen
• Tuttlingen district
• Reutlingen district
• Ravensburg district
• Sigmaringen district
• Ortenaukreis
• Constance district
• Waldshut district
• District of Calw
• Zollernalbkreis
• Enzkreis and the city of Pforzheim
• Rottweil district

6:50 p.m .: For some districts, the German Weather Service is now calling out the highest warning level, with severe weather warning of severe thunderstorms with hurricane gusts, extremely heavy rain and hail with grain sizes of around five centimeters.

Baden-Württemberg:

Purple alert currently applies to the following counties:

• Ortenaukreis
• Freudenstadt district
• Rastatt district

Red alert currently applies to the following counties:

• District of Loerrach
• City of Baden-Baden
• District of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and city of Freiburg
• Black Forest Barr District
• Waldshut district
• District of Emmendingen
• Tuttlingen district
• Reutlingen district
• Ravensburg district
• Sigmaringen district
• Alb Danube district and the city of Ulm
• Constance district
• Waldshut district
• District of Calw
• Biberach district
• Zollernalbkreis
• Enzkreis and the city of Pforzheim
• Rottweil district

After heavy rainfall: Nine children and one adult die in a traffic accident in the US state of Alabama

6:23 p.m .: At least twelve people died in severe storms in the US state of Alabama. This is what the news site reports “USA Today“.

Accordingly, ten people, including nine children, died in a collision between two vehicles on Saturday. According to local media, the cause was aquaplaning after heavy rainfall.

In Tuscaloosa County, a 24-year-old father and three-year-old son were also killed after a tree fell on their home.

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