There is no serious damage – SWR Aktuell

The storm “Antonia” swept over Baden-Württemberg at high speed on Monday. A spokesman for the German Weather Service (DWD) spoke of heavy gusts of wind of up to 100 kilometers per hour in the lowlands, on the Feldberg even of a hurricane with a speed of up to 149 kilometers per hour.

Storm gusts knocked down trees onto the streets. Thunderstorms, rain showers and in some places freezing rain and black ice made the weather very uncomfortable for pedestrians and drivers. In the lowlands, the storm was a little weaker than the storm lows “Ylenia” and “Zeynep,” said the DWD spokesman.

This is how the storm “Antonia” raged:

“Antonia” gets weaker on Tuesday night

The hurricane “Antonia” is currently weakening somewhat. According to the DWD, the weather situation calmed down on Tuesday night. On Tuesday morning there should only be strong to stormy gusts between 50 and 75 kilometers per hour in the mountains. According to the DWD, only a weak wind will blow on Wednesday.

Numerous trees fell on roads

“Antonia” suffered no major damage. As the police reported, a 68-year-old man was killed in Monbachtal near Bad Liebenzell (Calw district) seriously injured by falling tree parts. The man was out and about in the valley during the storm. Otherwise, there has only been minor damage and disruption to road traffic so far. The police in Pforzheim for example, reported on trees falling on streets. For example, there is a tree on the district road Birkenfeld (Enzkreis) fallen. The fire brigade sawed it up and cleared the street again. Nobody was injured.

in the county Emmendingen In southern Baden, the fire brigade had numerous operations, including because of fallen construction fences. On the B31 at Todtnau (Loerrach district) in the Black Forest, a treetop fell onto the main road. On the A81 at Moeckmuehl (Heilbronn district) a truck was damaged by a tree during the night. The driver was not injured, according to police.

Flying rain barrels and trampolines

The police in Ludwigsburg reported branches on the road and objects flying through the air. “Traffic signs and rain barrels fly around each other,” said a spokeswoman. “Also branches and barrier material from the construction site.” In Stuttgart A few fallen trees disrupted the flow of traffic. In Reutlingen In addition to overturned signs, trampolines whirled through the air – they flew from one garden to the other, said a police spokesman. The Reutlingen police counted a total of 20 operations. In Ulm Trees and branches fell on the streets, in Freiburg mainly knocked down fences. In constancy Traffic signs were also hit by the storm. According to the police in basking trees fell on vehicles in Schwäbisch Gmünd (both Ostalbkreis). people were not injured. A falling tree also blocked federal highway 29.

School bus went off the road

The police in Offenburg (Ortenaukreis) reported 14 operations – mainly because of fallen trees and construction fences. The police in Ravensburg reported sleet, falling trees and problems with snow-covered roads. A school bus came off the road near Wolfegg in the Ravensburg district due to snow and slipped into the ditch. The doors were initially jammed, which is why the approximately 30 children could not get off the bus for about an hour, a police spokesman said. Nobody was injured. The students were then taken to school in a replacement bus.

Some railroad tracks had to be closed

Rail traffic in Baden-Württemberg is also affected. The Murrbahn between Backnang and Oppenweiler (Rems-Murr district), the Brenzbahn between Unterkochen and Oberkochen (both in the Ostalb district) and the Höllentalbahn between Himmelreich and Hinterzarten (both in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district) had to be closed.

Because of the storms of the past few days, Deutsche Bahn is calling on its website and on Twitter to avoid train journeys to or from northern Germany, especially to or from Hamburg. Rail traffic will be affected at least until Monday afternoon.

Since the beginning of the storm series on Wednesday evening, more than 6,000 kilometers of the route network have been unpassable across Germany, the railway said. Since then, 2,000 employees have been in continuous use, and there is still damage on 874 kilometers of railway line, it said early Sunday afternoon. “Among other things, the railway line between Hanover and Hamburg is extremely affected. Rows of trees were mowed down here and kilometers of damage to the overhead lines were recorded.”