Because of the storm “Zoltan”, emergency services in Bavaria were deployed several times from Friday to Saturday. However, the night was largely calm, as the police headquarters in the Free State announced in the morning. There were no more serious injuries due to the storm. The damage caused is also limited.
In Lower Bavaria there were 63 weather-related operations by Saturday morning, as the police headquarters announced. The emergency services were mainly called out because of uprooted trees or fallen branches. According to the information, traffic on Autobahn 3 was affected twice in a row. First a tree fell on the exit at the Passau Süd junction and later another on the road towards Austria between the Iggensbach and Garham/Vilshofen junctions. The route was temporarily closed after two vehicles collided with the tree.
According to the police, scaffolding erected on a building collapsed in Untergriesbach (Passau district). Firefighters brought down the rest of the scaffolding in a controlled manner to eliminate any further danger. In Bad Abbach in the Kelheim district, the storm covered the roof of a hypermarket. There was an estimated six-figure loss.
According to police spokesmen, the number of weather-related accidents in Upper Bavaria remained “relatively manageable”. The night was very quiet. Similar in Swabia: There were also few missions here. Over 100 weather-related emergency calls were processed in Upper Palatinate, a spokesman said. Mostly there were traffic disruptions because of “everything that was blown onto the street.” So no one was injured.
In Upper Franconia there was a “minimal increase compared to usual,” said a spokesman. People were careful and stayed at home. According to the information, there were almost no weather-related operations in Middle Franconia. According to the spokesman, there were 54 in Lower Franconia. “There were a few missions, but nothing that would have kept us busy all night,” he continued.