Capricious weather
Storm over Thuringia: Tree crashes into bed with sleeping child
In Pößneck, a large weeping willow fell on two vehicles and a house during stormy weather on Monday evening. photo
© Pößneck Volunteer Fire Department/dpa
A storm swept through several Thuringian districts on Monday evening, leaving a trail of destruction behind. In one case there was a lot of luck in misfortune.
Fallen trees, power outages and restrictions on rail traffic: On Storms raged in Thuringia on Monday evening.
In one case, according to city fire chief René Lippke, a terrible accident almost occurred in Pößneck (Saale-Orla district): a large weeping willow fell on two cars and a house. The tree broke through the roof of the house and a large branch landed in a bed where a child was sleeping. “It was probably relatively close. The child was extremely lucky,” said Lippke on Tuesday.
Nobody got hurt. One car was completely destroyed and the other was badly damaged. The tree itself was difficult to remove, weighing an estimated eleven tons.
Trampoline lands on car in northern Thuringia
Firefighters and police officers were also called out several times in northern Thuringia because of fallen trees. Branches and trunks blocked roads in the Kyffhäuser district and the Nordhausen district. According to a police statement from Tuesday, there were no injuries there. Falling branches and objects caused damage to cars. In Mühlhausen, the storm blew a trampoline onto a parked vehicle.
In the south of Thuringia, trees and branches also ended up on roads: near Meiningen, a car drove over a large branch and was slightly damaged, said a police spokeswoman.
Power outages and train diversions
In addition, due to the storm on Tuesday night, the power went out in several Thuringian households. A spokesman for the network operator said that 6,000 customers of Thüringer Energienetze GmbH were affected by the disruptions. According to the network operator, flying branches, falling trees and clashing lines caused the disruption.
As a result of the storm, ICE trains between Nuremberg and Erfurt were also diverted on Monday evening. According to Deutsche Bahn, the trains will be delayed by around 75 minutes.
The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned of locally strong thunderstorms, sometimes severe squalls and widespread storms and gusts of wind for Monday evening.