The weather has been a top topic in Germany in the past few days. And even on Sunday there is still reason for some anxious glances at the sky. But from next week the situation will calm down.
Heavy showers with thunderstorms have raged in many places in Germany since Friday: cellars were full, lightning struck, cars began to slide on wet roads. According to the forecast by the German Weather Service (DWD), Sunday can also bring lightning, thunder and lots of rain, especially in the south and east of the country. According to the DWD forecast, the weather should be calmer again at the start of the week.
On Monday it will be cloudy to heavily overcast in the northern half with maximum values of 19 to 23 degrees, in the southern half sunny and mostly dry with maximum values between 24 and 29 degrees. On Friday and Saturday, the fire brigade and police had to deal with a number of weather-related operations. Cellars often had to be pumped out, and storm damage such as broken branches was less common.
In Gersdorf, Saxony, a mudslide devastated an outdoor pool. Gardens and streets were also washed over on Saturday night by the mud that was swept from surrounding fields. In the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, the village of Jützenbach was hit by a reddish mudslide. Here, too, earth had been washed onto the road from a neighboring field.
In Berlin, the state of emergency weather was declared for about three hours on Friday evening in order to be able to mobilize sufficient forces in an emergency. The doctors and rapper Marteria canceled concerts planned for the evening, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender ended the citizen festival for volunteers early.
