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Heat, storms and the risk of forest fires

2021-06-26T19:04:04.539Z


Partly still hot in the east and south, already cooler in the west and north: Germany is experiencing heat and thunderstorms. What the West already knows is probably still ahead of the East.


Partly still hot in the east and south, already cooler in the west and north: Germany is experiencing heat and thunderstorms.

What the West already knows is probably still ahead of the East.

Offenbach - After days of sweltering heat, strong thunderstorms in some places in Germany cooled off.

On Tuesday night, according to the German Weather Service (DWD), there will be a thunderstorm in the north-east, especially in southern Baden-Württemberg and in Bavarian Swabia, heavy rain and gale force gusts cannot be ruled out.

Only in the south-east it was initially serene

On Tuesday, according to the information, there will be more showers and thunderstorms in the southwest, in the middle, as well as on the Oder and Neisse rivers with changing clouds, and local storms.

In the south-east it is initially clear, but in the afternoon there are also thunderstorms.

On Monday night, temperatures above 20 degrees were measured in the east - for example in the greater Berlin area as well as in Brandenburg and around Dresden.

The largest forest fire of the season so far in Brandenburg in the Oberhavel district could not be extinguished, and the extinguishing work continued on Monday.

The hoped-for rain did not come during the night, said Raimund Engel, the country's forest fire protection officer, on Monday morning.

It has been on fire since Friday in an area of ​​around 80,000 square meters northwest of Berlin.

There is a high risk of forest fires in the East Brandenburg districts.

In contrast, in the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb on Monday night only 11 to 12 degrees were reached, as a DWD spokesman in Offenbach said.

In north-western Germany, too, the nighttime temperatures only fluctuated between 12 and 15 degrees.

Thunderstorms keep the police and fire brigade busy

Thunderstorms with strong gusts of wind called for the police and fire brigade in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse on Monday night.

In Vallendar near Koblenz, a motorcyclist slipped on a wet street in the evening and fell, the police announced early Monday morning.

The 53-year-old suffered a broken bone and several bruises and was taken to hospital.

Falling trees and traffic signs also plagued the police and fire departments.

In the district of Germersheim near Karlsruhe, several trees fell onto the streets, the police said.

A tree fell on federal highway 7 near Kassel in Hesse. A car driver drove into the tree trunk and was slightly injured in the process.

In Darmstadt, too, there were several missions because trees and signs fell on streets and parked cars.

No one was injured, said a police spokesman.

Lots of swimming accidents on the weekend

The warm weather invited many people to swim, especially on weekends - for some the trip ended in fatality. In view of the swimming accidents, the German Life Rescue Society (DLRG) in Schleswig-Holstein warned of the risks involved in swimming in rivers and lakes. Among other things, the suction caused by shipping and the waves made swimming in rivers near shipping routes dangerous, said DLRG state manager Thies Wolfhagen on Monday the German press agency. In addition, there are currents of different strengths - and in the Elbe, because of the low tide, also changing currents. "That makes it particularly dangerous."

In Wolfhagen's opinion, bathing in lakes should not be underestimated either. So you have to reckon with obstacles under water such as plants that cannot always be seen from the surface. Bathers should therefore always first find out what it looks like with vegetation, stones and the depth of the water. In artificial lakes, for example in old gravel pits, there are sometimes steep edges. The influence of strong temperature differences on the body in waters with different depths should also be taken seriously, as Wolfhagen said. dpa

Source: merkur

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