Enzkreis (dpa/lsw) - Heavy rain and strong thunderstorms caused flooded streets and fallen trees in the Enzkreis on Pentecost Sunday. The police counted a total of 14 weather-related operations in the afternoon in Mühlacker, Eisingen, Ötisheim and Ölbronn-Dürrn, as the Pforzheim police headquarters announced in the evening. Among other things, dirt and debris had been washed up and trees had fallen onto the road. On Autobahn 8, manhole covers were pushed out of the ground due to aquaplaning.
On Pentecost Sunday there was heavy rain and strong thunderstorms in Baden-Württemberg. However, there was no major damage, as a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior announced. The German Weather Service (DWD) warned of severe weather in the region east of Stuttgart up to the Bavarian border for the period until Sunday evening around 9 p.m.
At the start of the new week, the meteorologists are again expecting showers and isolated thunderstorms.
