Threesome: Massive destruction across town

Created: 05/21/2022, 12:12 p.m

The Mayor of Paderborn, Michael Dreier (l), speaks.

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According to Mayor Michael Dreier (CDU), the tornado caused massive destruction in several parts of Paderborn with enormous force.

According to the authorities, the tornado caused extensive destruction on Friday in a corridor from west to east that is about 300 meters wide and five kilometers long through the middle of the city.

Paderborn - "In the Riemeke Park, the trees are literally snapped like matchsticks.

Countless roofs have been completely designed with the pans.

A lot of windows were smashed by the wind," Dreier said at a press conference on Saturday.

In the heart of the city, where the new central bus station is being built, traffic lights have been broken like matches.

Trees fell on a bus, fortunately no one was seriously injured.

The tornado destroyed countless roofs and panes around the headwaters of the Pader and made apartments uninhabitable.

"It was, and still is, an unimaginable image," he said.

The roof of the Liborianum was badly damaged.

The roof tiles would have “eaten” into the plaster of neighboring houses.

In a corridor about 300 meters wide, there was a high degree of destruction.

In an industrial area, companies were completely destroyed.

According to him, the tornado caused crash barriers to fly through the area like shredded paper.

dpa