State of emergency! Storm causes chaos in Berlin, Germany. July 24, 2023
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Violent summer thunderstorms battered parts of Germany overnight, flooding basements, uprooting trees and causing trains to be cancelled.
In Berlin, the emergency services declared a “state of emergency” due to the weather.
A short but violent bout of stormy weather - including heavy rain and strong gusts of wind - caused a heavy dose of chaos in parts of Germany on Monday evening, including Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt.
In Berlin, the fire brigade received more than 350 weather-related emergency calls in the night from Monday to Tuesday, causing it to temporarily announce a “state of emergency weather”.
Most of the calls were related to broken or fallen trees, a spokesperson said.
In Marienfelde, parts of a warehouse roof collapsed under the weight of the water.
The weather also caused widespread disruption to transportation, the after-effects of which are still being felt on Tuesday morning.
24 июл 2023
