In North Rhine-Westphalia, only a few small operations due to fallen trees were initially reported on Thursday morning.
The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned of the storm "Ignatz" also for North Rhine-Westphalia.
In Cologne the police said: “Nothing bigger with us.” A few trees fell over, especially in Oberbergisches.
For the Rhein-Sieg district, the police reported a minor traffic accident and further "two or three missions" - also because of trees or branches that had fallen.
Düsseldorf - In Bielefeld, a police spokesman said: “The storm has not yet reached us like this.
We have nothing except overturned rubbish bins. ”From Aachen it was said:“ No special situation. ”In the situation center of the Ministry of the Interior and the state control center of the police, there were initially no damage reports.
dpa
