Three deaths, serious problems in the railway and road transport and extensive interruptions in the electricity supply were caused by the bad weather “Ylenia” from yesterday morning yesterday Thursday, while today the Federal Meteorological Service predicts new problems due to the bad weather that was baptized “Zei”.
In Osnabrück, a man lost his life when a towed trailer disengaged, causing a collision with a truck. In Saxony-Anhalt, a 55-year-old man was killed when a tree was uprooted by a strong wind and fell on his car, which overturned in motion. A 37-year-old man was killed in a similar manner in Lower Saxony. In all, six people were killed in Europe by “Ylenia”: two construction workers in Poland and two technicians were seriously injured when lightning struck the crane they were operating. A man in western Poland was killed when a tree fell on his car.
In Hamburg, three people were injured when waves on the River Elbe shattered the window of their ferry, with rushing water entering the passenger compartment.
The bad weather caused serious problems for rail transport, especially in northern Germany. Hundreds of itineraries have been canceled and there are delays in the program. Traffic was disrupted on many roads due to falling trees.
In Berlin, a severe storm damaged the building of the Charité University Hospital, without any injuries.
????????A storm swept across Germany Wednesday night toppling trees and causing widespread delays to rail and air traffic, with meteorologists warning that further extreme weather is on the way. pic.twitter.com/rOgM2p3toK
– NoComment (@nocomment) February 17, 2022
A hurricane hits Germany! Storm Ylenia brings great destruction: The German weather service on Wednesday issued the second-highest severe weather warning for all of northern and eastern Germany as the country prepares for Storm Ylenia. Storm Ylenia is expected to bring hurricane pic.twitter.com/884FmO08mE
– World News 24 (@ DailyWorld24) February 17, 2022
In North Rhine-Westphalia, more than 54,000 households were left without electricity, as well as 10,000 households in Bavaria, due to falling trees on network cables. In most cases, the supply was restored within hours, the private television station n-tv reported.
Due to the ongoing bad weather, schools in North Rhine-Westphalia remained closed yesterday and will not be open today. In Berlin, the authorities announced that it will not be mandatory for students to attend classes with physical presence due to the weather.
The problems on the train routes are expected to continue until tomorrow Saturday, the German Railways announced via Twitter. In northern and northeastern Germany, high-speed trains have not been running for the past 24 hours, affecting traffic to and from Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Berlin and Brandenburg.
Massive Waves crushing in seconds into a ship due to severe weather at Hamburg port, Germany today
Karachi Doppler / Weather Updates PK pic.twitter.com/LgyOP6HpD4– Weather Updates PK (@WeatherWupk) February 17, 2022
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