Storm deep Bernd rages in NRW: Fire brigade in continuous use!

Storm deep Bernd rages in NRW: Fire brigade in continuous use!

On January 6, 2025, the storm deep Bernd led to a significant use of the fire brigade in Aachen. According to t-online.de , the fire brigade moved out for a total of 49 missions. Most alarms occurred between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and were often due to fallen trees, loose facade parts and falling roof tiles.

As part of the missions, Adalbert Steinweg was closed in the afternoon, since falling parts near the judicial center was a danger. Particularly noteworthy is an incident on Vaalser Straße, in which two people were slightly injured when a fallen tree fell on their car. However, the occupants were able to leave the vehicle independently. In order to effectively cope with the missions, four fire trees from the volunteer fire brigade and the professional fire brigade were mobilized.

traffic disruptions due to storm deep bernd

The storm deep Bernd also had an impact on traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia. As Wa.de reported numerous overturned trees for drivers and Train travelers. Railway traffic normalized on Tuesday morning, January 7th, but weather-related impairments were reported on some rails in North Rhine-Westphalia until around 8 a.m.

Some lanes, such as the S12 between Blankenberg (victory) and Eitorf, only drove on a track due to a fallen tree. There were also similar restrictions on the regional route between Welver and Soest. In addition, rides from the regional railway RB 52 failed on certain routes, which is why replacement traffic was set up by bus. The German Weather Service (DWD) warned of storm gusts at speeds of up to 100 km/h.

in Dortmund there was an incident in which a tree fell to a Rewe parking lot and damaged a parked car. In Bochum, the bike of a postman was destroyed by a falling tree, luckily the woman was not injured. The Bochum fire brigade recorded a total of 87 storm inserts by 8 p.m. The A560 at Hennef was completely blocked between the Hennef West and Hennef Ost junction, while the Körner Hellweg in Dortmund was also blocked due to the impending overturn down.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien