Winter chaos in northern Germany: snow, storm and smoothness all drive around!

After a stormy weather in northern Germany, the region is now affected by snowfall and smoothness. According to NDR in southern Lower Saxony is calculated with up to 20 cm of fresh snow, while in southern and southern Lower Saxony 5 to 10 cm and even up to 20 cm are to be expected.

The gladious risk of smoothing all over Lower Saxony and Bremen is particularly dangerous. At night, temperatures are to be expected below freezing, which increases the risk of unlawful roads. Snow is also expected in south-eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

accidents and operations

The winter conditions have already led to several smoothness accidents with school buses in East Frisia. So there were two accidents in the Aurich district on Wednesday morning: a bus slipped into a stop in Hinte, with a child being slightly injured. In Ihlow, too, a bus with 20 schoolchildren came off the street, but there were no injuries here.

In addition, the effects of the storm were noticeable at the beginning of the week on the North Sea and in Hamburg. There was a storm surge with floods: on Wednesday morning the water level was 0.75 to 1 meter higher than the middle flood in the East Frisian coast and in the Weser area. On the North Frisian coast, the water levels were even about 1.30 meters above average.

In addition, there were fierce disorders in Schleswig-Holstein. Several trips to the Föhr-AMRUM line have been canceled, and the Elbe ferry between Glückstadt and Wischhafen had to stop operating due to flooding for a few hours. In the past few days, too, there have been storm -related operations by the fire brigade and disabilities in rail traffic, including due to broken.

according to Wetter and Slow also in other parts of Germany, traffic disruptions, traffic disruptions, including air traffic and numerous accidents. A storm that affected the northern half of Germany in particular brought gusts of up to 117 km/h to Föhr and 85 km/h in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel. In Lower Saxony, at least three people were injured when trees fell on cars.