Heavy storms will sweep across Bavaria at the weekend. Streams swell, especially in the south of the country, and basements fill up. Nobody is seriously injured. After a rainy weekend, 30 degrees are just around the corner again.
Munich (dpa / lby) - After a cloudy weekend in many places with lightning, thunder and heavy rain, Bavaria is facing the next week of summer. "The maximum values on the Main are expected to be above 30 degrees," said a meteorologist from the German Weather Service (DWD) on Sunday in Munich. Nearly 30 degrees could also be reached in the other regions. "It will remain dry until the middle of the week." The danger of forest fires only increases significantly in Lower Franconia. Flooding is not to be expected, even if it rained a lot at the weekend. "The levels are nowhere critical."
From Friday to Sunday it had rained a lot in large parts of the country. In the Allgäu, up to 150 liters per square meter fell within 48 hours. This normally corresponds to a monthly amount. There was also extreme heavy rain in the Munich area. The meteorologist spoke of category 4 out of 4, but he was not aware of any damage.
Since Friday, the DWD had warned of severe storms that could lead to flooding, torrents and mudslides. The emergency services did not report extensive damage. However, streams and small rivers burst their banks here and there, and in the Oberallgäu a slope began to slide. Nothing was initially known about seriously injured people, but water-filled basements, roads blocked by branches and accidents involving aquaplaning were reported.
The constant rain caused the water level of many rivers to rise. The areas of the smaller southern tributaries to the upper Danube, the Altmühl, on the upper reaches of the Iller and Lech, the Bavarian Lake Constance tributaries and the Inn area were particularly affected, as reported by the flood intelligence service. "On medium-sized and larger rivers, which are observed by the level measuring points with reporting levels, the amounts of rain have so far only occasionally led to overflows."
According to the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, August will be far too dry overall - apart from a few areas in eastern Germany - compared to the long-term average. The deviations are particularly clear in the west and south.
Black Forest, High Rhine and the Allgäu up to the Bavarian Forest would probably not have any major problems due to the high amounts of rain in the past few days. "A look at Rhineland-Palatinate, the southern half of Hesse, the western half of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Franconia shows a different picture," said a DWD meteorologist on Sunday in Offenbach, Hesse. In the past 30 days, only about 10 percent of the usual precipitation has fallen there in some places. "At individual stations, no precipitation at all was measured in August." For example in Würzburg.
