Man is killed by a falling tree: squalls cause numerous missions in northern Germany – Panorama – Gesellschaft

Heavy gusts of wind from the low “Daniel” caused numerous fire and police operations from late Wednesday evening to early Thursday morning, especially in northern Germany.

On Wednesday evening, an accident with an uprooted tree on the B4 near Wesendorf in Lower Saxony ended fatally for a driver. A tree that overturned due to heavy squalls fell on the 63-year-old’s car – a convertible with a fabric roof, the police said. The man died at the scene of the accident. His 35-year-old son got away with minor injuries.

The Hamburg fire brigade recorded 36 storm operations by early evening, which, according to the location service, ranged from fallen branches to tarpaulin flying around to overturned scaffolding. The situation was manageable, it said. Nobody was injured.

The night remained quiet despite light floods and other smaller operations due to overturned objects, as the spokesman for the situation center said early Thursday morning.

The German Weather Service (DWD) had already predicted hurricane gusts on the coasts on Wednesday afternoon. According to this, gusts at speeds of 100 kilometers per hour were to be expected in the North German Plain. On the coasts wind peaks of 120 kilometers per hour, on the Brocken up to 150 kilometers per hour, were considered possible.

In Schleswig-Holstein squalls caused fallen trees on the roadway and fallen objects such as barriers, as a spokesman announced. There were therefore no injuries. In the south of the country alone, the emergency services had to move out almost 180 times, said the local spokesman for the control center.

On the A1 between Bad Oldesloe (Stormarn district) and the Bargteheide motorway junction, the vehicle still has to be recovered after a truck accident. Due to the strong wind, this was not possible on Wednesday evening. The rescue will be postponed to Thursday morning, it said.