The storm already brought a lot of work to the fire brigade in the Wartburg district on Thursday morning.
Above all, fallen trees and falling branches had to be cleared by the emergency services from the streets, as the district office announced.
A tree crashed into a house in Bad Salzungen.
In Eisenach, roof tiles fell on a footpath, in Wutha-Farnroda a tree blocked all traffic on state road 3007.