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Floods and hail - “extreme storms” in the southwest

2021-06-29T08:44:08.901Z


Heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain and heavy hail hit the southwest of Germany. The fire brigade had to go on numerous missions. And the next thunderstorm front is already approaching.


Heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain and heavy hail hit the southwest of Germany.

The fire brigade had to go on numerous missions.

And the next thunderstorm front is already approaching.

Calw / Ludwigshafen - Heavy rain, hail and floods: Due to violent thunderstorms in the southwest, numerous fire brigade and police forces moved out on Monday evening.

According to the information, the district of Calw in Baden-Württemberg was particularly affected.

A police spokesman in Pforzheim spoke of flooded streets, overflowing gullies and landslides in the Altensteig community.

According to the fire brigade, there were trees on the tracks in the Wildberg community.

The German Weather Service (DWD) warned in the evening of "sometimes extreme storms" in the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb - and of hailstones with a diameter of up to five centimeters.

Another thunderstorm complex moves from Switzerland towards Lake Constance and Upper Swabia - with heavy hail and heavy rain.

Several accidents with injuries occurred on the highways in Rhineland-Palatinate during a storm. The police said there were seven accidents on the A3 and A48 in the late afternoon as a result of the heavy rain in the area of ​​the Montabaur motorway police. In the evening, the weather also caused problems in the area of ​​Bundesstraße 260 Bad Ems-Koblenz. Sections of the road there were flooded, the police said. The fire brigade in Koblenz reported storm operations throughout the city in the evening. dpa

Source: merkur

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