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Storm depression "Klaus" was followed by "Luis": wind speeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour were measured on the Brocken
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Martin Dziadek / imago images / Die Videomanufaktur
Storm depression »Luis« caused only minor damage to property in many places in Germany.
The police and fire brigades were mostly busy collecting blown fences, roof tiles or election posters and securing fallen trees.
However, the freak weather caused some serious accidents on the streets.
On Saturday in particular, "Luis" gave the police and fire service forces plenty of work in many parts of the country.
In
Xanten
in North Rhine-Westphalia, the wind swept through the city at 99 kilometers per hour.
In many places in the country, trees fell, blocked roads and bike paths.
On the A1 near
Ascheberg
, there were seven accidents involving 13 vehicles as a result of a sudden hail shower.
There were several seriously injured.
The motorway towards Dortmund was completely closed for two hours.
Car collides with trampoline
In the
afternoon there were a total of twelve accidents
on the motorways around
Bielefeld
due to heavy rain and hail.
In
the Höxter district
on Saturday morning, an ambulance came off the road when overtaking a car due to wetness and sleet showers, hit an embankment and rolled over.
The driver and the emergency doctor were seriously injured, said a police spokesman.
A curious accident occurred in Thuringia in
the Gotha district
: the car of a 27-year-old driver crashed into a trampoline on a federal road.
It was blown onto the street from a housing estate on Friday, the police said on Sunday.
The woman was unharmed, the owner of the trampoline could be found, it was said.
In a similar accident in
Holzmaden
(Baden-Württemberg), a children's trampoline was blown onto a car.
People weren't hurt.
Also in
Hessen
a serious accident went off lightly.
On the Autobahn 5 between Pfungstadt and Gernsheim, the driver of a car lost control of his car due to a gust of wind, as the police in Darmstadt announced.
As a result, the vehicle was thrown across the highway into the field.
Neither the driver nor other road users were injured.
In the seaport of
Stade
, a gas tanker was pressed against a pole in the water by the wind.
The stake was badly damaged - unlike the ship, which was then able to continue unharmed, according to the Stade water police.
Week starts wintry and rainy
According to the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach, the storm will subside in the coming week, but it will remain windy.
In addition: lots of clouds, little sun, rain or sleet and occasional thunderstorms with sleet.
The maximum values are between 2 and 9 degrees, which feels fresher because of the wind: "April weather in March," as the DWD summarized.
Winter is even returning in the Alps.
Above 600 meters, 30 to 50 centimeters of fresh snow would come together, in the higher altitudes up to one meter of fresh snow would be possible up to the middle of the week.
In the Black Forest, 10 to 20 centimeters of fresh snow are conceivable in the coming days.
In the night of Tuesday, the rain showers allegedly decrease in the north and west, otherwise there will be individual showers, more frequent on the northern edge of the low mountain range.
It's snowing in the Alps.
The lowest values should be +3 to -2 degrees at night.
According to the DWD, there is a risk of ice in many places due to snow, mud or ice.
Spring feels different.
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