Violent weather change with consequences: In Baden-Württemberg there is an acute risk of flooding in many places, in the north the snow stops trains.
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Weather
in Germany:
After heavy snowfall, an equally strong
thaw
sets in
.
The
German Weather Service
(DWD) has issued official
severe weather warnings
for all of
Germany
.
In Berlin, however, ten centimeters of
fresh snow fell
(update from January 30, 12:08 p.m.)
.
Many are pleased that there is finally snow in cities like Berlin and Hamburg.
In the south, the DWD continues to warn.
(Update from January 30, 7:53 p.m.)
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news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from January 30th, 7:53 p.m.:
The strong thaw and the heavy rain at the same time cause extreme weather in many places.
Furthermore, the German Weather Service (DWD) warns of water masses in the southwest and on the edge of the Alps.
The weather service reports warning level red: "Severe weather warning".
Weather in Germany: dew chaos in the south
"Strong
thaw
at times with widespread
rain rainfall
have led particularly in rivers in the southern half of the country for the training of floods," it says on the website of the flood forecasting center Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Above all, the water levels of small and medium-sized bodies of water have increased due to the thaw.
“Floods in the range of
2 to 10-year events have
formed
at numerous gauges,
and at individual gauges even above.
For the most part
, the water levels
in the tributaries are already
falling
again ”, according to the situation report from Saturday afternoon (January 30th, 4.30pm).
According to the Bavarian flood news service, the situation on the edge of the Alps is still in the green.
Rather in the north and center of Bavaria, increased reporting levels were declared.
You
can find
more about the
Bavarian weather
here *.
Weather in Germany: Snow joy in the north
The weather situation in northern Germany is completely different.
Berlin and Hamburg are happy that finally there will be snow on the ground.
In Hamburg's parks, sunny, wintry weather attracted many families to toboggan on Saturday.
The corona minimum distance was often not observed, as the police announced at noon.
"People sometimes toboggan in a very narrow space," said a police spokesman.
The Schanzenpark was therefore even closed;
there were about 400 people here.
It was white in Berlin too.
A cross-country skier was out in the zoo that morning.
The Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column looked like winter magic.
Some sledged in the Volkspark Friedrichshain.
The police made announcements calling for people to wear masks and keep their distance.
The police intervened in the park at the planetarium at the Insulaner in Schöneberg.
It was too full, said one officer.
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A woman goes cross-country skiing in a lot of fresh snow in Berlin's Tiergarten.
© Fabian Sommer / dpa / picture alliance
Weather warnings for all of Germany: Man surprised by the flood - Berlin is sinking in the snow
Update from January 30th, 1:04 pm
: "The water levels on the rivers remain at a high level": Germany can be prepared for
continuous rain
.
According to the
German Weather Service (DWD)
, the
heavy rain in many places will
continue until at least the
middle of the week
- especially in the
south
and
west
.
According to the forecast, up to 40 liters of rain per square meter should
fall
by Wednesday, from the Saarland to the Upper Rhine and in the Allgäu even up to
60 liters
.
"The weather in Germany can currently not really decide for winter or spring," said a DWD meteorologist of the
dpa
.
Accordingly, the daytime temperatures in the north and east fluctuated around
freezing point
, in the southwest, however, highs of
13 degrees
could be reached on Tuesday
.
Weather in Germany: Heavy snowfall in Berlin - ten centimeters of fresh snow
Update from January 30th, 12:08 p.m
.: The weather is currently demanding a lot from many people.
Several cities in northern Germany could not be reached by
long-distance traffic
until the early hours of the morning due to the weather
, in Baden-Württemberg the
floods
led to a large-scale operation
(see previous update)
.
And
Berlin is sinking in the snow
: In and around the capital, people are currently walking on
ten centimeters of
snow, in neighboring Potsdam it can even be eleven centimeters this Saturday, as the
German Weather Service (DWD) announced
.
But there is also joy in this.
This morning, for example, this cross-country skier was out and about in Berlin's Tiergarten:
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Heavy snowfall in Berlin - winter sports enthusiasts are happy.
© Fabian Sommer / dpa
Update from January 30th, 9.12 a.m
.: The
flood
in Germany is not over yet.
On Friday evening, a 35-year-old man on the
banks of the Rhine
in the district of Karlsruhe (
Baden-Württemberg
) was surprised by the water level.
The homeless man, who was up to his waist in the flood, could no longer free himself because of the darkness and called the rescue with his cell phone.
Because its exact location could not be determined at first, several police and fire service vehicles, two boats from the
water police
and a
police helicopter were
used, as well as rescue workers from the German Life Rescue Society (DLRG).
In the end, the
fire department was
able to
save the man, he was unharmed.
Weather in Germany: Snow and ice bring long-distance traffic to a standstill
Northern Germany
is struggling
with another weather phenomenon
: switch faults due to
snow
and
ice
.
On the night of Saturday, long-distance
Deutsche Bahn
traffic was
severely affected.
Several places are expected to be affected until the early hours of the morning:
Bremen
Kiel
Lübeck
Westerland
Hanover area
Hamburg area
According to Deutsche Bahn, long-distance traffic on these routes had to be
completely
suspended
until shortly after midnight
:
Hanover-Bremen
Hamburg-Hanover
Hamburg-Bremen
The private railway operator
Metronom
, according to its own information, stopped its traffic in a
federal state
on Friday evening
: "Freezing rain and snow have paralyzed large parts of the railway lines in Lower Saxony," the company said.
"If possible, please avoid journeys tomorrow morning or use the electronic timetable information for information."
Risk of flooding in Germany: big city badly affected - inner city in Hesse under water
Update from January 29, 8:37 p.m.:
In
Hesse
,
too
, the combination of
thaw and rain
creates a
risk of flooding in some places.
In the course of the day streams and rivers burst their banks in places.
In Büdingen even the old town was under water.
The
fire brigade
and the
DLRG
were in constant use and even had
to rescue
people
from the flooded houses in rubber dinghies
.
The German Weather Service (DWD) predicts a lot of rain in Hessen on Saturday and assumes there is a risk of flooding locally.
So the situation is not easing yet.
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In Büdingen, the DLRG and the fire brigade recover from houses enclosed by the water in the flooded old town.
The flood situation is drastically exacerbated by the rain.
© Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa
In
Freiburg, however
, the search for the young woman who, according to an eyewitness,
should have fallen
into the
Dreisam
, has come to an end with no results.
The rescue workers could not find them until late afternoon.
However, according to reports, a man may have pulled her out of the water before.
Floods in Germany: woman in Baden-Württemberg apparently fell into the river
Update from January 29th, 3 p.m
.: The time has come: As announced for days, the
water levels of the rivers
in
Baden-Württemberg
have risen extremely
from Thursday to Friday and this Friday
.
There is a great
risk of flooding!
Thus, the divided
flood forecasting center Baden-Wuerttemberg
in their annual report with: "On the major rivers of the country - especially in the Baden-Württemberg
Danube
and in the upper reaches of the
Neckar
- a
significant flood
expected."
Weather in Germany: Flood in Baden-Württemberg - Dreisam in Freiburg overflowed
Significant water rises have already been recorded in various bodies of water in the Black Forest (for example Wutach, upper Danube with tributaries, upper Neckar with tributaries), in rivers of the Swabian Alb as well as in Upper Swabia (Schussen) and in Allgäu (Argen).
"Further, sometimes rapid water level rises are expected," said the management report.
Even more: According to the regularly updated flood map of the
State Agency for the Environment Baden-Württemberg,
there are already
floods
in several places across the entire state
, for example on the
Dreisam in the Black Forest
, on the
Rhine
near
Maxau / Karlsruhe
and the Swiss border as well on the
Neckar
near Horb and Rottweil.
According to reports, one focus is currently the
Dreisam
.
According to
SWR
, the riverside paths
in
Freiburg
were
flooded on Friday morning.
Both
SWR
and
Badische Nachrichten
report a major rescue operation in the area of the Ochsenbrücke in the middle of the city.
Accordingly, passers-by observed how a young cyclist fell into the river.
Turbulent weather in Germany - squalls in Bavaria
Update from January 29, 10 a.m .:
The weather in Germany is turbulent.
The German Weather Service warns almost all of Bavaria
from squalls.
Meanwhile, warnings from the DWD apply to northern Germany due to
snowfall
.
Between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. there should be
fresh snow
in the north
.
Caution is also advised: it will be smooth.
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The German Meteorological Service warns on Friday (January 29) of squalls in the south and snowfall and slipperiness in the north.
© Screenshot of the German Weather Service
"It starts snowing from East Frisia all the way down to the Lausitz - and sometimes there is a lot of snow," explained Meteorole
Jan Schenk
from
The Weatherchannel
.
From East Frisia to Magdeburg it could snow up to 20 centimeters.
"To the south it can also be sleet or wet snow, but the snowfall has
shifted
somewhat to the
north
."
It should also snow
in
Hamburg
and
Berlin
.
While Jan Schenk speaks of up to ten centimeters, the German Weather Service warns of amounts of snow of one to eight centimeters.
In the night of Saturday it will even snow in Kiel and probably also in Rostock.
"The most striking snowfall so far this winter in northern Germany is just around the corner," said Schenk, and the snow should stay there for the time being.
From Saturday, the snowfall in the northern parts of Germany should then decrease somewhat and
shift
towards the
south
again
.
“Then on Sunday there will be a
new
layer of
snow
on top,” the weather expert predicted.
Weather: The next snow roller is rolling towards Germany - expert reports from three low pressure areas
Update from January 28th, 9:35 p.m.:
Continuous rain and thaw determine the next few days - especially in southern Germany, this means the
risk of flooding
.
Equal to
three low pressure systems
- "Nicolai", "Olaf" and Peter "- bringing to Sunday sometimes very heavy rainfall with it.
As on Thursday, it rains almost continuously on Friday, explains
Veronika Krieger
, meteorologist at
weatherchannel.com
, and knows: "And on Saturday it will be wet again!" While it
stays rather cool
in
north-east
Germany and in Berlin and Hamburg can even snow, the temperatures in the
south-west should be
very mild.
The snow in
Munich
could soon be a thing of the past, as the
snow front is
shifting further north.
Especially in the Black Forest, Upper Swabia, Franconian Switzerland and the Rhön, the
weather expert
warns of moderate
floods
.
The
water level highs
await you here on Friday, and downstream you will then arrive somewhat delayed.
On the Upper Rhine, the level could then reach a level that could even paralyze shipping.
In small and medium-sized rivers,
warnings are issued
about
two to ten years of flooding
, while the peak values on larger rivers such as the Main or the Danube should only reach
warning level 1
.
Furthermore, it should remain very wet and unstable, so that the flood situation could "worsen" again at the beginning of the week, warns Krieger.
Video: Thaw and continuous rain exacerbate the risk of flooding in the south
Original article dated January 28, 2021:
Munich - The weather situation in Germany is tense: A
striking air mass
boundary is forming across Germany
,
warns the
German Weather Service (DWD)
.
This
border
extends
from the Münsterland to the Upper Palatinate
.
And according to the DWD weather experts, it will only
move south
on
Saturday
.
The weather map looks “colorful”, tweeted the DWD.
Heavy snowfall - up to 20 centimeters of fresh snow falls here
Such weather conditions are tough, especially on the border between warm and cold air.
“The warm air has a lot more water with it than the cold air could even carry.
And the cold air close to the ground ensures new snowfalls.
This is also called a
countercurrent situation,
”explains meteorologist Jan Schenk from
The Weather Channel.
In Bremen, Hanover, Dresden or Braunschweig, quantities of up to
20 centimeters are
in it.
So watch out!
“It is the most striking weather situation that is ahead of us this winter,” says the weather frog.
Weather in Germany: The next snow roller is rolling in - winter is coming back
In the
south
and in the
middle,
the DWD is currently warning of a
strong thaw
.
Mild and humid air flows into the southwest.
In addition, heavy rains are on the approach.
In the
Black Forest
and in the
Alpine region
, a
“storm-like thaw”
sets in
with discharge volumes of up to 1.6 liters in stagnant locations of up to 1.8 liters.
There is a risk of flooding!
First on small streams and then later on larger rivers.
In
contrast,
cold air prevails in the
north
and
east
.
Heavy snowfall
is the order of the day from East Westphalia to southern Lower Saxony to Vogtland and northeast Bavaria, sometimes as heavy
wet snow
.
The permanent snowfall starts on Friday morning and lasts until Saturday.
Weather in Germany: is winter back in Germany this weekend?
On Saturday the snowfall will then move further south!
But the "snow roller from the north is running out of air a bit", suspects weather expert Jung.
From the Eifel to Franconia, the snowfall line moves from the north, according to the DWD.
It then also starts to snow again in the Alps.
"Such an air mass limit is
extreme
when it
comes to the potential
for surprises," says meteorologist Dominik Jung from the weather
portal wetter.net
.
At the beginning of the new week, in his opinion, the weather situation is still completely unclear.
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