Status: 10/21/2021 6:33 a.m.
Heavy gusts, heavy showers and thunderstorms – the first full-blown autumn storm of the year has reached Germany. According to the German Weather Service, hurricane gusts of up to 120 kilometers per hour are possible on exposed peaks.
The storm “Ignatz” began its march across Germany early on Thursday morning. The first strong autumn storm of the year brought strong gusts in many places, sometimes also thunderstorms and rain. During the course of the day, the German Weather Service (DWD) expects heavy gusts of wind and sometimes hurricane-like gusts of up to 105 kilometers per hour in a strip across the middle to the east and north-east of Germany. In the mountains there could even be hurricane gusts of up to 120 km / h.
The police situation centers initially had no major damage reports; Occasionally the wind tore up trees, but nothing worse happened, according to Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. In Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, a man was hit by a falling branch on Wednesday evening, but was only slightly injured, the police said.
Train cancellations and delays are possible
Deutsche Bahn warned of possible train cancellations or delays due to the storm. However, in the morning there were still no reports of actual disruptions in rail traffic. In the northern half of Germany, the weather service warned of thunderstorms moving eastwards, in which hurricane-like gusts could blow at up to 105 kilometers per hour. “Short-lived tornadoes” are not excluded, it said.
In the course of the afternoon, according to the DWD, the wind decreases from the west again. It’s getting cooler overall. On Thursday the temperatures are between 15 and 18 degrees, in the west and north between 12 and 15 degrees.