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Storm is moving over Germany
Weather service warns of severe weather – storm surges expected on the North Sea, Elbe and Weser
In Hamburg, the Elbe beach was already flooded on Wednesday afternoon
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The storm “Zoltan” is moving over Germany. The German Weather Service (DWD) expects larger amounts of rain and heavy squalls. The current storm situation in star-News blog.
The weather becomes unsettled instead of contemplative shortly before Christmas. The year is entering its final phase with a lot of rain and sometimes stormy winds. This Thursday it will be mostly cloudy and rainy, for the coasts and the Alps the German Weather Service in Offenbach warned of hurricane-like gusts from the low on Thursday morning.Zoltan“.
The German Weather Service (DWD) expects larger amounts of rain in some traffic jams and heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Forest. “The wind field of the storm depression will hit us on Thursday. There will be widespread squalls, especially with the passage of the cold front over the course of Thursday, individual severe squalls,” says meterologist Christian Herold from the weather forecast center. “Even if there are enough hurricane gusts on the coasts and in exposed mountain areas, ‘Zoltan’ will not go down in the history of major winter storms.”
All current reports on the storm situation in the stern news blog:
Storm “Zoltan” is moving over Germany
Cloudy forecast for tomorrow too: On Friday it is usually very cloudy and it often rains, especially in the Black Forest and the Alps there can be heavy rainfall, and snow in high altitudes. The snowfall limit is then 1200 meters in the Alps and 600 meters in the low mountain ranges. It remains with highs between 4 degrees in the northeast and in the mountains and 11 degrees along the Rhine quite mild for now.
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Leonie Scheuble
There are also expected to be widespread squalls on Friday night. The meteorologists are counting on the mountains and the coasts hurricane-like gusts.
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Leonie Scheuble
There is a risk of storm surges in the north and northwest of Germany from this Thursday. The water levels on the Elbe and the Weser could reach the storm surge mark of 1.5 meters above mean high water on Thursday evening, according to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). According to a BSH spokeswoman, the focus will be on the Weser and Elbe areas. But people on the North Sea coast also have to prepare for floods; some ferry trips will be canceled in the coming days.
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Leonie Scheuble
Good morning, dear readers,
Today we will continue to keep you up to date on all the stormy developments in Germany in this live blog.
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Daniel Wüstenberg
Here you can see where the strongest storms are currently occurring:
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Daniel Wüstenberg
This now also applies to parts of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg Severe weather warnings. The weather service is also issuing “warnings of severe weather” for the rest of Germany.
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Daniel Wüstenberg
Now apply to several regions Severe weather warnings of the German Weather Service. The entire North Sea coast, the Baltic Sea coast from Lübeck to Kiel as well as the districts of Göttingen and Goslar are affected. There is a warning of heavy, continuous rain and sometimes hurricane-like gusts.
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Daniel Wüstenberg
The German Weather Service provides information about the announced storm “Zoltan” in a video:
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Daniel Wüstenberg
It’s getting stormy. A storm will hit large parts of Germany on Thursday and Friday night, according to the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach. Be in the northern half squalls Expected to be deep down, even on the North Sea hurricane-like gusts possible. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) warns Storm surges, which could hit the coasts of Lower Saxony and Bremen on Thursday evening. The focus will be on the Weser and Elbe areas, said a spokeswoman.
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