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A strong storm on the coast at the start of the week is throwing the ferry schedule into disarray.
In southern Lower Saxony, rail traffic is disrupted by the wind at one point.
According to meteorologists, the weather will calm down on Tuesday, but the calm will not last long.
Emden/Göttingen - A storm blew away the cold of the past few days in Lower Saxony and Bremen at the start of the week.
The storm caused traffic delays in some places.
On the North Sea coast, for example, individual ferry trips to and from the East Frisian Islands were canceled or postponed, as ferry companies announced.
On the railway line between Göttingen and Kassel, trains had to be rerouted on Monday after a tree fell on the tracks, a railway spokeswoman said.
Mild weather is expected to cause a thaw in the Harz in the next few days, and meteorologists expect a new storm low on Wednesday.
The storm brought heavy squalls to the northwest on the night from Sunday to Monday.
The German Weather Service (DWD) recorded heavy gusts of 90 kilometers per hour on the islands of Spiekeroog and Borkum.
The storm in the Harz region blew at hurricane strength.
On the Brocken, the highest Harz peak at 1,141 meters, 168 kilometers per hour were measured.
“This is very, very violent,” said a DWD meteorologist to the German Press Agency.
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As a result of the storm, a tree fell on the railway line between Göttingen and Kassel in Münden.
Since the double-track route was not passable, long-distance trains had to be rerouted, a railway spokeswoman said.
Several ICE and IC lines were affected.
The route should be open again by Monday evening, the spokeswoman said.
There were weather-related traffic problems in the Göttingen district on Sunday evening.
Roads had to be closed because vehicles were stranded there after gusts of wind blew heavy snow from fields and green spaces onto the roads.
According to the weather forecast, the wind and mild temperatures are now melting the white winter landscapes, for example in the Harz Mountains.
With meltwater from the onset of the thaw and the oncoming rain, the German Weather Service is expecting water volumes of between 45 and 60 liters per square meter there by Wednesday.
In addition, after the weather calmed down on Tuesday, meteorologists are expecting the next storm to hit on Wednesday.
Storm gusts of force 8 to 9 are then possible inland, while the weather service expects further severe gusts of force 10 for the coast.
Some ferry companies on the East Frisian coast, for example for the connections to Wangerooge, Spiekeroog and Langeoog, announced on the Internet on Monday that passengers should prepare for cancellations or changed departure times in the coming days due to the expected new storm.
According to information from the storm surge warning service at the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) on Monday, there is also a risk of a slight storm surge on the Lower Saxony coast in the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
The flood could then rise up to a meter and a quarter higher than the average tidal flood.
dpa