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A mudslide has devastated the outdoor pool in Gersdorf, Saxony
Photo: Maxim Schaller ID 667 / dpa
After a stormy start to the weekend, Saturday brought rain and thunderstorms again, especially in eastern and southern Germany.
Since Friday, a number of cellars nationwide have been flooded, lightning has struck, cars have slipped on wet roads.
In Gersdorf, Saxony, a mudslide devastated an outdoor pool.
Gardens and roads were also washed over by mud that washed away from surrounding fields during a storm on Saturday night.
In the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, the village of Jützenbach was flooded by a reddish mudslide.
Here, too, earth had been washed onto the street from an adjacent field, and the through road had to be closed.
80 weather-related operations in Berlin
In Berlin, the state of emergency weather was declared for about three hours on Friday evening in order to be able to mobilize sufficient forces in an emergency.
During this time there were almost 80 weather-related operations, said a spokesman.
Most of the time, basements had to be pumped out.
Warehouse burns after lightning strike
Regions in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria were also affected by thunderstorms and heavy rain on Friday and Saturday.
In Weingarten near Karlsruhe, a warehouse caught fire after a lightning strike, according to the fire brigade.
No one was injured, and there was damage in the millions.
Due to water masses and debris on the road, the Pforzheim-Ost junction of the A8 motorway in the direction of Stuttgart was closed on Friday evening.
A lightning strike destroyed a boat on Lake Zierker in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
According to the DWD forecast, the weather should be calmer again at the start of the week.
On Monday it will be cloudy to heavily overcast in the northern half with maximum values of 19 to 23 degrees, in the southern half sunny and mostly dry with maximum values between 24 and 29 degrees.
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