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Storm "Bianca" hits the Weilheim region hard: important monument covered - 55 firefighting operations in one night

2020-02-28T09:04:13.157Z


The storm "Bianca" struck a trail of destruction through the district of Weilheim-Schongau. Particularly dramatic: Radom rasiting, known as the carrier of the moon landing, was covered.


The storm "Bianca" struck a trail of destruction through the district of Weilheim-Schongau. Particularly dramatic: Radom rasiting, known as the carrier of the moon landing, was covered.

  • The storm Bianca raged surprisingly strongly in the district of Weilheim-Schongau .
  • The fire departments moved out 55 times during the night on Friday (February 28).
  • The forces were confronted with images of the destruction .

Weilheim - It started around 8 p.m. on Thursday evening. Hurricane gusts swept the region around Weilheim and Schongau until around 10:00 p.m.

Weilheim (Bavaria): Storm Bianca destroys Radom Raisting - tree crashes on train

The well-known, listed radome in Raisting am Ammersee was particularly hard hit: it was completely covered by the storm. Among other things, the earth station transmitted the radio traffic during the Apollo missions, i.e. the moon landings.

At Iffeldorf , a tree has also crashed into a train. Traffic routes are still closed in many places. The cleanup continues.

Bianca was not only devastating in the Weilheim region. Throughout Bavaria, rescuers are at risk until early morning.

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Source: merkur

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