After the storm Zoltan has flattened out, it is expected to rain or snow heavily in parts of Germany on Saturday. The authorities warn Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria regionally before major floods.
The Bavarian regions are already affected Upper Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. According to forecasts, water levels will rise over the weekend, particularly there and in Bavarian forest continue to rise. In pieces Upper and Lower Franconia as well as in the Upper Palatinate, reporting level three (warning of floods for built-up areas) was reached on Saturday morning. On the river Röden near the City of Rödental In the Coburg district, reporting level four cannot be ruled out.
Fresh snow is coming from Thuringian Forest as far as the Bavarian Forest is expected at altitudes above 600 to 800 meters, as the German Weather Service (DWD) announced this morning. According to the DWD report, particularly in… Ore Mountains “We can expect heavy amounts of snow in a short period of time.” As a result, trees threatened to fall over and branches break off. Until Saturday morning, slippery conditions due to slush are possible from the east of Schleswig-Holstein and from eastern Lower Saxony to Lusatia.
There is also a high risk of avalanches in Bavaria at the weekend, in some areas with a warning level of four out of five. Specifically, the danger of avalanches is at high altitudes Berchtesgaden Alpsof Zugspitze area and on Allgäu main ridge large. There is also significant danger in lower areas and is therefore level three on the five-part scale.
Heavy rainfall in many regions of Germany
As a result of the continuous rain, precipitation of 60 to 90 liters per square meter can be expected in 48 to 72 hours in many places, the DWD said. Storms with 90 to 120 liters per square meter are also forecast for some regions. In the eastern low mountain ranges, precipitation is expected to increasingly turn into rain from Saturday evening and a thaw will set in.
The storm hit on Friday Zoltan swept across Germany and significantly hindered traffic on roads and railways. Train travelers in particular had to have a lot of patience, some ferries in the north did not run, and the subways, for example Hamburg were traveling slower. In Lower Saxony There were slippery accidents on the roads Cologne the DWD is investigating a suspected tornado. There were deaths from the storm Netherlands and Belgium. Deutsche Bahn says it has now largely repaired the storm damage. “Regional traffic is running as scheduled again and long-distance traffic is returning to normal,” said a railway spokesman on Saturday morning.
The severe storm surge in Hamburg exceeded its peak late on Friday morning. Deutsche Bahn expects the trains to be very busy over the weekend – in addition to the already heavy Christmas traffic, there will be travelers who had to postpone their journey to the weekend because of the storm: “It will certainly be full,” said a Bahn spokeswoman German press agency.