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Storm warnings for Bavaria: fire brigade asks people to stay at home - storm also strikes in Munich

2021-10-21T10:17:38.028Z


The first big autumn storm hits Bavaria on Thursday. Hendrik brings some gale-force gusts. The German Weather Service warns of falling trees.


The first big autumn storm hits Bavaria on Thursday.

Hendrik brings some gale-force gusts.

The German Weather Service warns of falling trees.

Update, 12 noon:

Storm Ignatz is currently sweeping across the Free State.

That causes some chaos in Bavaria.

Train routes are closed and the Augsburg zoo is keeping its doors closed for today.

Now zoos in Franconia have followed suit.

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The gate of the Hofer zoo remains closed on Thursday due to the storm Ignatz.

© News5 / Fricke

The zoos in Hof and Nuremberg announced on Facebook and on their homepage that everything would be closed because of the storm.

As reported by the

News5

agency

, a branch in the Hof Zoo has damaged the lynx enclosure.

The animal inhabitants were then relocated.

Storm in Bavaria causes hurricane-like wind gusts: Train traffic is impaired

Update, 11.15 a.m.:

As already mentioned, fallen trees cause impairments and failures in train traffic in Bavaria. There are problems especially on the ICE route between Würzburg * and Nuremberg *, said a spokeswoman for the railway. Trains would be diverted there, and delays could also be expected. Regional traffic between Siegelsdorf and Neustadt in Middle Franconia is also affected on the same route. There, the passengers would have to change to buses because the route is closed.

According to the spokeswoman, no S-Bahn line 3 between Pasing and Olching operates in Munich * - buses are also used here instead.

There are also restrictions in regional traffic between Treuchtlingen and Nuremberg and between Lichtenfels * and Hof *.

The spokeswoman advised all passengers to find out about the situation before starting the journey, as it could change constantly.

Weather in Bavaria: Storm Ignatz ensures strong wind speeds

Update, 10.30 a.m.:

Storm Ignatz is currently raging over the Free State.

With wind speeds of up to 115 kilometers per hour in some parts of Bavaria, it has already caused damage in many places.

The integrated control centers in Lower Franconia reported dozens of missions on Thursday morning, mostly because of fallen trees, fallen construction fences or roof tiles blown from roofs.

Sometimes there were power outages and blocked train routes.

In Würzburg, scaffolding was blown over at an ambulance of the Red Cross.

According to initial information, people were not harmed.

The Würzburg fire brigade warns people not to stay outside more than necessary.

The zoo in Augsburg was closed on Thursday due to the storm, he announced on his website.

Storm Hendrik over Bavaria: DWD expects hurricane-like gusts

Update, 9.45 a.m.:

The

German Weather Service (DWD)

expects gusts of wind in Bavaria this Thursday until the afternoon.

In northern Bavaria and in the higher mountains there could also be gale-force gusts, the

DWD

announced in the early morning.

In the course of the morning it should come first in Franconia and Swabia, later also in the eastern parts of the country, to gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour.

Hurricane-like gusts of up to 115 kilometers per hour can occur in northern Bavaria and the low mountain ranges.

Storm over Bavaria: DWD reports heavy rain for Allgäu and parts of Franconia

The German Weather Service reports heavy rain locally for the Allgäu and the northern part of Franconia.

Heavy gusts of wind cannot be ruled out here either.

In the afternoon, the wind should weaken significantly.

The reason for the storm is the cold front of a storm depression, the core of which lies over Scandinavia.

In the meantime, the storm has also led to numerous fallen trees on the tracks.

As reported by Deutsche Bahn, routes in Central and Upper Franconia are currently affected.

The railway has set up replacement rail services.

Storm in Bavaria: Tief Ignatz and Sturm Hendrik meet the Free State

Update from October 21, 7.15 a.m.:

Tief Ignatz has arrived in Bavaria and with him storm Hendrik, who has been sweeping over the Free State since the earliest hours of the morning.

The first weather warnings issued by the German Weather Service (DWD) have been in effect in some parts of Bavaria since 2 a.m.

the storm will rage until evening.

Around 8:00 am, the first offshoots can also be expected in the state capital of Munich.

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A St. Andrew's cross sign in front of a cloudy sky in the early morning during the storm "Ignatz".

© Mohssen Assanimoghaddam / dpa

Initially in Franconia and Swabia, and in the course of the morning also in the eastern parts of the country, gusts of up to 75 km / h are possible, in some cases heavy gusts of around 90 km / h from southwest to west.

In northern Bavaria, gale-force gusts of up to 115 km / h cannot be ruled out even down to lower altitudes, otherwise generally in ridge areas in the low mountain ranges and on high Alpine peaks.

In the course of the afternoon there is a clear weakening of the wind from the west.

Ignaz arrived deep in Bavaria: Storm Hendrik expected

The official warnings will then apply throughout the Free State from Thursday 5 a.m.

Then trees could be uprooted and roofs damaged, warns the DWD.

It also says: "Pay particular attention to falling branches, roof tiles or objects".

In addition, there are other low runners.

On Thursday morning in the Allgäu, heavy rain with amounts of around 15 l / sqm in a short time can be expected locally, occasionally combined with lightning and thunder.

In northern Franconia, a thunderstorm with heavy rain around 15 l / sqm in a short time and heavy gusts of up to 100 km / h cannot be ruled out.

It remains mild at temperatures between 12 and 17 degrees.

On Friday night from north to south Bavaria the wind moves away, the values ​​drop to 7 to 1 degrees.

Weather alarm in Bavaria: Munich before a stormy day - parts of the Free State earlier

Update from October 20, 7:52 p.m.:

In Germany and Bavaria, a sometimes very stormy day is

ahead

.

In Munich there is still the "calm before the storm" on Wednesday evening at a mild 15 degrees.

During the night, temperatures drop to twelve degrees before it starts to get stormy from eight o'clock in the morning.

According to the forecast of the weather portal wetteronline, gusts of up to 50 km / h will remain until noon at noon, before it will be stormy at 65-80 km / h.

In parts of Bavaria (see initial report), on the other hand, the storm starts in the early hours of the morning.

First report from October 20, 2021:

Munich - "Ignatz" and "Hendrik" - these two names are currently particularly important, especially when you look at the weather *.

Because monster storm "Hendrik" is sweeping across Germany and the Free State.

Responsible for this is again the low "Ignatz" that pulls from the English Channel to the Baltic Sea.

According to

The Weather Channel

, the "monster storm" raged particularly violently

over Germany on Thursday.

Bayern will also be hit hard then.

Weather warnings in Bavaria: Storm hits Free State on Thursday

The German Weather Service warns in advance for the entire Free State of gusts of wind *.

Almost completely warning level 2 of a maximum of 4 has already been declared for Thursday.

Only in the Munich area and in the southeast of the state capital - apart from the direct Alpine foothills - currently warning level 1 still applies for Thursday.

But the first foothills of the storm hit the Free State on Wednesday.

Warning level 3 already applies in several areas.

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A thunderstorm moves over Altenmarkt.

(Archive)

© Tobias Hartl / dpa

Official weather warnings in Bavaria are sometimes already in effect on Wednesday

On the one hand, this applies to Franconia east of Bayreuth.

Here warnings have been made for gusts of wind of up to 70 kilometers per hour above 600 meters throughout Wednesday.

The same applies to the region around Bad Neustadt an der Saale.

And also in the southeast of the Free State on the border with the Czech Republic, warning level 3 is already in effect east of Cham and Deggendorf. Here, too, there are currently warnings of gusts of wind.

(By the way: Our Bavaria newsletter informs you about all the important stories from the Free State. Register here.)

The official warnings will then apply throughout the Free State from Thursday 5 a.m.

Then trees could be uprooted and roofs damaged, warns the DWD.

It also says: "Pay particular attention to falling branches, roof tiles or objects".

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List of rubric lists: © Bernd März / Boris Roessler / dpa

Source: merkur

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