Serious storms flood Paderborn: the hall roof collapses!

Serious storms flood Paderborn: the hall roof collapses!

Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland - A violent storm has been in suspense since Sunday, June 15th. The German Weather Service (DWD) has published severe weather warnings for large parts of the country, including Bremen. Regions in the south and east are particularly affected, while a warning level 2 applies to Bremen. Thunderstorms and heavy rain move across the country with a storm front from west to east.

Paderborn met it particularly strongly in North Rhine-Westphalia. There, 30 to 40 liters of rain were measured within just three hours, which led to numerous floods. The fire brigade recorded almost 200 missions and fought with full basements and flooded streets. A hall roof in Eggertstraße also collapsed, which led to damage to the sprinkler system. In addition, a possible tornado is suspected in Altenbeken, the reports of which are currently being checked by the DWD. According to reports, water damage occurred in the Paderborn hospital that affected the elevator and several areas. The emergency services were supported by fire brigade fire brigade and the technical relief organization (THW). The situation calmed down around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning, but the removal of the damage could take some time. Fortunately, there were no injuries, despite the serious weather situation.

The situation in Bremen

in Bremen you are also in use. The fire brigade takes care of crunched trees, broken branches and flooded motorway trips. Lightning strikes in Cuxhaven also led to a house fire, which also tightened the danger situation. The weather conditions are tense because the "Xara" summer high is replaced by deep "Xhevat", which will provide further thunderstorms and heavy rain. The DWD expects these developments to last untilnight night.

With the storm headquarters, citizens can call up current information about upcoming storms such as storm, heavy rain and thunderstorms. The severe weather warnings differ in preliminary warnings that are issued up to 48 hours in advance and acute warnings that confirm the arrival of a risk of nature. The warning levels range from moderate to extreme storms (orange to violet), and all information is available around the clock.

It remains to be seen how the weather situation will develop. In the meantime, caution is advised and the citizens are called to take the warnings seriously and to react accordingly.