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Stumbling Several people have been injured in some federal states. The railway had to temporarily block routes due to fallen trees. The German Weather Service (DWD) had previously announced strong thunderstorms and strong rainfall, which were particularly affected by the southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, the Saarland and southern Brandenburg and Saxony.
On a four -lane road in Trier, the police According to a tree crown on two moving cars during the storm. One driver was caught in his car and seriously injured, three occupants of the other vehicle were not injured. In Central Hesse, an 18-year-old driver and his 17-year-old passenger were injured when a tree fell on their car. From North Hesse, a spokesman for the police headquarters in Kassel reported numerous accidents with damage to property and slightly injured. Trees fell over on several side streets.
Evacuations after lightning strikes
In Gelnhausen in the southeastern Hesse On Saturday evening, a flash hit a tree that landed on a high -voltage cable, the police announced on Sunday. As a result, 34 people had to be brought to safety from the surrounding houses overnight.
In the Baden-Württemberg Bad Wildbad in Baden-Württemberg, a major fire triggered by a lightning strike over to stables and a residential building, over 120 emergency services deleted the fire. A high damage was caused. The fire guard should be maintained until Sunday evening.
Fulda: Rapid tree includes hotel guests
Deutsche Bahn reported route closures for trees on the tracks. A railway spokesman announced time online: “The storm had a regionally particularly affected in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. Usually due to fallen trees had to be closed.
In Fulda, a fallen tree blocked the entrance of a hotel. Around 60 guests were only able to leave the building after the Fire department had cleared the tree away. In East Hesse, fallen trees and branches were on lanes. In the Hessian district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, a federal road on the state border with Thuringia had to be fully closed on the road due to dirt.
Festivals interrupted
The police and fire brigades reported similar missions from the Hessian Vogelsberg district. In Lauterbach, roof tiles fell onto a parked car, and a metal garden bridle was pressed against six parked cars in the town and the roof of a former sawmill was covered. In a primary school in Alsfeld, a lightning strike triggered an alarm. In the area of Mainz, a difficult one
Thunderstorm In the evening, more than 20 missions of the fire brigades. Lightning triggered fires in several locations.
The “Rhine in Flames” festival in the Rheinaue Bonnue had to be interrupted because of a thunderstorm. In Thuringia, a storm caused a short -term interruption of the festival program for the Thuringia Day in Gotha.
