Whether fallen trees, tiles that were blown from roofs or a destroyed wind turbine: the first autumn storm kept Germany busy on Thursday.
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Storm depression Hendrik rolled over Germany on Thursday.
While a tornado was raging in Kiel, two people were injured in Baden-Württemberg.
A wind turbine was destroyed.
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Munich - The German Weather Service had predicted the storm for days, but very few expected the extent.
While a person was seriously injured by a falling tree in Karlsruhe, the strong gusts thwarted local public transport in many places.
The storm destroyed a wind turbine in Heidenheim.
Apparently a tornado even raged over Kiel on Thursday.
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In Baden-Württemberg, the fire brigade and police had their hands full. While the fire brigade in Karlsruhe had announced that a person had been seriously injured by a falling tree in the district, according to the police, a person was injured by a falling branch near Sinsheim in the Rhein-Neckar district. In the Nattheim wind farm in the Heidenheim district, the storm destroyed a wind turbine, as reported by the Heidenheim municipal utility. According to police reports, a scaffold fell on a building in Ludwigsburg.
In the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, paths and roads were partially impassable due to fallen trees.
At Hinterzarten, a tree fell on the overhead line and a train.
Firefighters and rescue services were on duty and evacuated the wagons.
In many places, local public transport even had to be partially restricted.
Around Karlsruhe there were significant restrictions in bus and train traffic, fallen trees, power outages and switch malfunctions made operations more difficult.
In the afternoon, the DWD had drawn an initial conclusion about the storm over Germany.
Storm Hendrik should, however, slowly but surely move towards Eastern Europe in the evening.