Winter storm in Bavaria: DWD warns of extreme weather and smoothness!

On January 9, 2025, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of snowfall and storm in Bavaria. The storm warning applies to most regions until 9 p.m.; Some areas are affected by Friday morning (6 a.m.). The first incidents have already been recorded: trees have fallen in Upper and Middle Franconia, and a tree fell onto the street in the Fürth district, with two drivers driving into the tree top. In addition, a tree in Bamberg fell on rail tracks, which led to a great commitment of rescue workers.

The weather warnings also include indications of smoothness at night and in the morning. Several smooth accidents have already been reported. Munich and Upper Franconia are particularly affected, where warns of strong thunderstorms. Storm gusts at speeds of up to 110 km/h are also expected. In the evening, snowfalls of up to 10 cm of fresh snow are forecast.

additional weather warnings and traffic accidents

according to tagesschau.de have led snow showers and streets to numerous traffic accidents in the last few hours. For Saturday and Sunday there are further warnings of smooth roads and an increased risk of accidents. In the north and in the middle of Germany there were occasional snow showers at night, which resulted in weather-related traffic accidents in federal states such as Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein.

In Bremen, around 80 smoothly accidents were reported within a few hours, while hundreds of trout and four people were injured on the A1 in Sittensen in a black ice accident. In Lower Saxony, too, the police in Braunschweig registered over 110 traffic accidents in just eight hours. In the district of Stade, at least five people were slightly injured in several accidents. In addition to these incidents, the A26 had to be closed on Friday morning for an hour due to a collision of four cars.

In addition, the DWD warned for the night of Sunday of precipitation, which could cause black ice as freezing rain. Travelers at Frankfurt Airport have to expect failures and delays on Sunday, especially in the morning. Several flights have already been canceled at the capital airport BER, no landings were allowed from 9 p.m. on Friday. A total of 30 flights were affected on the BER, on Saturday until noon, 17 departures were painted.