Storm -deep Bernd takes the course to the north: Chaos in Bremen and Bremerhaven!

storm low "Bernd" caused violent wind and some damage in the evening and at night over Bremen and Lower Saxony. The wind reached speeds of up to 110 km/h in Bremerhaven, while wind speeds of up to 95 km/h were measured in Bremen, such as Buten and Hinnen reported .

in the region, Bremerhaven and the district of Cuxhaven were mostly spared. The fire brigade and police reported missions in the single -digit range. Nevertheless, there was occasional damage: a tree was uprooted and overturned, and the skylight of a sports hall was also damaged. In the district of Cuxhaven, trees also plunged on streets, which impaired traffic, but luckily remained without injuries.

serious accident with injuries

In the Wesermarsch, a 60-year-old driver suffered life-threatening injuries when a tree hit him on the head. The incident occurred on federal road 212 when a tree fell onto the hood of his vehicle. After the man had stopped and got out, he was hit by another falling tree. He was taken to a hospital while three other adults and a child in the car were unharmed.

The northwest railway completely stopped operating on Monday evening. Delays and train failures continued on Tuesday morning. The operation should normalize in the course of the morning, but there were also problems due to a soft disorder between Bremerhaven and Bremen.

alert and weather conditions

affected regions of Stormt deep "Bernd" are northwestern Germany, including Bremen, Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, Cuxhaven, Wilhelmshaven, East Frisia, Oldenburg, Cloppenburg, Vechta and Emsland. The population was recommended to secure objects that could fly away, such as garbage cans and garden furniture. The fire brigade in the north (district of Aurich) was on alert to eliminate objects flying around and overturned trees.

For the North Sea there were ferry downtime: no ferries were offered to Wangerooge, the ferries after Langeoog fell on Monday afternoon and the Spiekeroog ferry had changed their timetable. The Cuxhaven-Helgoland Fehre also completely canceled its company for Tuesday, such as Nord24 reported .