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Storm and snow hinder traffic in parts of Germany

2020-02-27T22:27:36.462Z


The weather has affected rail and car drivers in some federal states. The weather service warns of severe storms and hurricanes in the south.


The weather has affected rail and car drivers in some federal states. The weather service warns of severe storms and hurricanes in the south.

Berlin (dpa) - Storm and snow have hampered rail and car traffic in several parts of Germany on Thursday evening. Between Nuremberg and Stuttgart, an IC train had to stop in Leutershausen in Central Franconia shortly before 8 p.m., as a spokesman for the Deutsche Bahn said.

The reason was a tree that had crashed into the track. The travelers had to wait at least an hour. In the long-distance traffic, there were several closures in the evening, for example between Offenburg and Freiburg. "Heavy snow combined with strong wind endangers rail traffic," said Deutsche Bahn, referring to the closure of the route between Nuremberg and Würzburg. The route between Salzburg and Rosenheim is currently without power, it was said in the evening. "Long-distance trains wait for the duration of the disruption at the next station. This leads to delays."

The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned of severe storms and hurricanes in the night of Friday for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

Heavy snowfall and slippery roads caused numerous emergency services in the Würzburg district. The district association of Würzburg of the Bavarian Red Cross said that accidents and storm-related injuries had occurred. The Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH (WVV) announced in the evening that the inner-city bus traffic would be stopped for safety reasons due to the weather.

In Rhineland-Palatinate, a young driver died in an accident on a slippery road. According to initial investigations, the 21-year-old was driving her car near clouds in the Mayen-Koblenz district on Thursday afternoon when she got off track, the police said. She probably collided with the oncoming car of a 60-year-old. The young woman could only be recovered dead from her car. The driver of the other car had to be released from his car.

On the Autobahn 48 near Ulmen in Rhineland-Palatinate, several trucks started to roll and turned sideways. As a result, traffic jams occurred in both directions on Thursday, as a spokesman for the motorway police in Mendig said. "If we have snowfall in the Eifel, it's like that."

In Hesse, motorists slipped in the evening rush hour due to snowfall and slippery roads. Especially in the Hochtaunuskreis, there were some massive traffic problems on some federal roads near Königstein, as a police spokesman for the German Press Agency said. There were a number of slippery accidents. Most of the time it was just sheet metal damage, the police spokesman also reported several lightly injured people. It was also smooth and slippery on many streets in central and eastern Hesse, especially in the higher elevations.

Source: merkur

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