However, there were no initial reports of injuries from the German capital.Īuthorities warned people against entering parks or forests in big cities, and zoos were to remain closed in cities like Berlin, Wuppertal (North Rhine-Westphalia), Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt). Several volunteer fire brigades were put to action in Berlin as some neighborhoods like Lichterfelde reported fallen trees on cars. Berlin fire brigade declares state of emergencyįire departments were put on high alert nationwide and Berlin's fire brigade declared a state of emergency early Thursday morning because of a surge in calls for their services.

A merchant ship labouring in heavy seas as a large wave looms ahead. In the southern part of the Harz Mountains, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, a 55-year-old man also died as a tree fell onto his vehicle. Rogue waves are unusually large, unpredictable and suddenly appearing surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships, even to large ones. Just after midday, local police in the town of Bad Bevensen in Lower Saxony said the winds had caused one casualty - a 37-year-old man who died in a car after a tree collapsed onto a country road. Still, gusts of winds up to 120 kilometers per hour (74 mph) are expected in the Harz mountains and in the highlands near the Czech-German border.Īnother storm packing gale force winds is expected to strike the northern part of Germany on Friday into Saturday. The stormy winds stood to affect mostly northern states like North Rhine-Westphalia and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, according to the weather service.ĭWD expects the storm to subside by late afternoon and to be more over the North Sea and Baltic coasts by then.

The General German Automobile Club (ADAC) also advised people against driving. DWD officials asked people to watch out for falling branches and roof tiles. The German airline asked people to check their flight status before traveling.Īuthorities recommended staying indoors and keeping a distance from buildings, scaffoldings and power lines.

Lufthansa canceled 20 flights and announced there would be delays because of bad weather.

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