Three dead, building damage and widespread problems with rail and road transport left behind by bad weather “Zeynep”which has been affecting the north and the west since yesterday afternoon Germany with winds whose speed reached 170km / h.
In North Rhine – Westphalia one man died when his car overturned, while another was killed from a tree that crushed his vehicle. A 68-year-old fell from roof of his house, which he attempted to repair in the middle storm and was injured deadly.
THE Fire Service has been on constant alert since yesterday in the affected areas, while it is indicative that in Berlin alone, which had been declared a state of emergency since last night, hundreds of calls were made for help.
German Railways trains continue to run into problems in northern and eastern Germany, especially on long-haul routes. “There are no long-distance trains north of Dortmund, Hanover and Berlin until at least 6pm,” the company said this morning. There are also problems with rail services in the North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse and Saxony, with delays in the morning at Berlin’s BER airport, but no flights have been canceled. In many cases, however, passengers flew only with hand luggage, as it was impossible to load their luggage on aircraft.
On the shores of the North Sea, wind speeds reached 162km / h, causing major problems in the surrounding areas, which had been evacuated early. In Bremen A 55-meter-high construction crane collapsed and crashed into a building under construction, while trapping a passing driver in his truck.
According to the Meteorological Service, the bad weather has reached the Baltic Sea and is weakening moving towards Russia.
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