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A woman is walking along the promenade in Travemünde on the Baltic Sea: Storm low »Ignatz« is raging in many parts of Germany.
In the north it brought squalls and heavy rains
Photo: Michael Probst / AP
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In the Hamburg district of Ohlsdorf, trees fell on cars.
The German Weather Service calculates wind forces of 100 to 110 kilometers per hour from the west for Hamburg.
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency in the Hanseatic city has warned of a storm surge in the North Sea and in the Weser and Elbe regions
Photo: Steven Hutchings / dpa
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These birches near Hanover also felt the force of the storm.
"Short-lived tornadoes" cannot be ruled out in Lower Saxony, according to the weather service.
Photo: Julian Stratenschulte / dpa
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Squalls and thick clouds move over the Brockenwirt restaurant on the Brocken in Saxony-Anhalt.
The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of gusts of wind in large parts of the state.
Regional wind speeds of more than 100 kilometers per hour could occur
Photo: Ole Spata / dpa
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A truck is parked across the Rhine bridge near Speyer: the police are currently assuming that the steady gusts of wind hit the trailer of a truck and it overturned
Photo: Rene Priebe / dpa
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Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia: The walls of the outdoor terrace of a pizzeria are on the street.
Storm depression »Ignatz« caused dozens of missions in the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia during the night, according to the fire brigade.
Photo: Christine Wolff / dpa
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"Storm is approaching" is on the display of a S-Bahn station in Frankfurt am Main.
The S-Bahn traffic was severely impaired due to the storm
Photo: Sebastian Gollnow / dpa
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