Baden-Wuerttemberg
Storm in Reutlingen: 30 centimeter high hail layer
Firefighters clear hail from a street in Reutlingen. photo
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Helpers came with snow plows to remove the hail marks. The fire brigade was in constant use.
Winter service in the middle of summer: A locally limited storm hit streets in downtown Reutlingen Baden-Württemberg covered with a 30 centimeter high layer of hail. At first glance it looked like a thick blanket of snow. The technical operations services moved up with snow plows to clear the streets, as a city spokeswoman said. Within minutes, leaves and hail clogged the drainage shafts and water flowed into underground car parks, basements and residential buildings.
Around 250 members of the professional fire brigade and all departments of the volunteer fire brigade were deployed on around 100 missions. The level of the Echaz rose by 1.50 meters in five minutes and briefly burst its banks in the Betzingen district. “The new flood protection in Betzingen prevented worse,” it said.