The storm Sabine has reached the north German coast. Storm gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour and individual hurricane gusts of up to 110 kilometers per hour were already common in the early Sunday afternoon, said Felix Herz of the German Weather Service (DWD). “It really starts now.” In the next few hours, the storm will spread to the mainland.
The DWD has issued the second highest storm warning level for large parts of Germany. In parts of the Black Forest, the highest of the four warning levels applies.
The storm will go through the country from north to south all night, the DWD said. Then be careful on the streets. The feared hurricane is accompanied in many places by heavy showers and thunderstorms, it said. On the night of Monday, wind speeds of around 120 kilometers per hour are expected. According to the DWD, Sabine is a winter orcan that occurs every two years. Sabine did not become as strong as Kyrill (2007) or Lothar (1999).
Railway traffic and ferries
The Deutsche Bahn has the Failure of numerous train connections announced. Long-distance transport to the North Sea coast in Lower Saxony set. The intercity trains connecting Norddeich and Emden via Oldenburg and Bremen towards Leipzig and back are affected. In addition, there are no Intercity trains on the connection from Norddeich and Emden towards the Ruhr area via Rheine and Münster and back. While some of the trains are completely canceled, some of the ICs still come from the east to Hanover or Bremen. Regional traffic in Lower Saxony was also partially discontinued: for example, the regional express trains between Bremen and Norddeich or the line between Bodenfelde and Northeim in the Weser Uplands and various S-Bahn lines. The Westphalia Railway, the Metronome, the Eurobahn and the Nordwestbahn, which operate other regional routes across Lower Saxony, reported no restrictions.
The train also said: If you don’t want to travel, you can Cancel the ticket free of charge, “We have mobilized all readiness and increased it twice in every region,” said a spokesman for the group. The train staff is prepared for destroyed overhead lines or overturned trees. Mobile task forces with chainsaws should be deployed to clear blocked tracks.
Quite a few too Ferry connections to the North Sea islands got employed.
Airports
The airline euro Wings canceled almost all flights for the duration of the storm. The Lufthansa subsidiary announced that the connections from the airports of Hamburg, Berlin, Hanover, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart would be canceled. There are only a few flights from Munich and Stuttgart. Passengers could rebook their bookings free of charge. euro Wings aims to resume flight operations on Monday.
At the Berlin Tegel Airport some departures have been canceled. Connections are affected on Sunday afternoon and evening to London, Brussels, Düsseldorf and Cologne / Bonn, as the airport announced. Passengers are asked to contact the airlines and the Berlin Airports website for more information. Depending on the wind force, security measures would be taken. “From 45 knots, everything has to be firmly connected, for example stairs to the aircraft and containers.”
At the
Airport in Frankfurt According to Fraport, around 100 starts and
Landings canceled. That is about eight percent of the planned
1,200 flights. The number of flight cancellations is likely on Sunday afternoon
rise when hurricane gusts are expected in the city. Passengers were asked to allow enough time for their arrival
and arrive at the check-in desk as early as possible before departure.
At the Airport in Munich around 80 take-offs and landings have already failed due to the hurricane low. The canceled departures were mostly planned with the direction of flight to the north, said a spokesman. With a view to the further development of airport operations, he said: “There will definitely be cancellations and delays.” Since work on the airfield has to be stopped from a certain wind speed, operations there could temporarily come to a standstill due to the storm.
From Dusseldorf and Cologne / Bonn a number of flights have been canceled. Both locations asked their passengers on Sunday
Check with your airlines to see if your flight is on schedule
take off.
Kindergartens and schools
All 260 city schools and the 226
urban kindergartens closed. Even the daycare centers in free
The city recommended the sponsorship As a precaution, facilities are not
to open, In Aachen, the schools will also remain closed on Monday.
Sports events
The sold out Bundesliga duel between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln, which was to take place on Sunday at 3.30 p.m., was canceled for security reasons. “We had a conference call at 5.45 am with the fire brigade, the public order office and the German Meteorological Service, and after intensive consultation we decided against waiting longer and canceled the game in coordination with the German Football League,” said Borussia’s media director Markus Aretz. “It probably would have been quiet during the season, but at There was then a danger of the many visitors leaving. ”
It was already on Saturday Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen (Hessen) was canceled. Sabine then caused further cancellations of football games on Sunday: The catch-up game of the Women’s League between MSV Duisburg and 1. FC Köln, which was scheduled for 2 p.m., was canceled. The Lower Rhine Football Association also responded to the warnings. The committee responsible canceled all games at association and district level. Also a Bundesliga guest appearance in basketball, Bonn against Ulm, fails.
Great Britain and Ireland
The hurricane low, which in other European countries is not Sabine, but
Ciara means has there too first damage, failures and
Delays in rail and air traffic resulted. In Great Britain and Ireland it swept across the country at wind speeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour. The British Weather Service warned
flying debris and danger from high waves. Three
People were injured when in Perth, Scotland on Saturday night
The roof of a pub collapsed, Around 10,000 households had no electricity. It happened in Ireland floodsIrish broadcaster RTÉ reported.
Numerous train connections and flights across the country have been canceled. The British railway company initially advised passengers against the storm, which could not be postponed. The Dover Harbor stopped the ferry service. The British airline British Airways offered travelers from or
after the Londoners Airports Heathrow, Gatwick or London City
Rebook flights. The airline Virgin Atlantic also bet
several flights from Heathrow.
Queen Elizabeth II canceled her church attendance in Sandringham in eastern England on Sunday for security reasons, as a spokeswoman for the Buckingham Palace said. However, she emphasized that it was primarily about the safety of onlookers – they always gather in front of the church to see the queen.
Several events were also canceled. In London a ten kilometer run with an expected 25,000 participants was canceled, and numerous parks were closed. In the western Irish city of Galway, an event on the European Capital of Culture 2020 was canceled on Saturday evening.
France
In France Weather services expected that the north and northwest of the country in particular would be hit by strong gusts. In the Vosges, wind speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour were expected. The authorities advised against going into forests and parking cars under trees.
Netherlands
As well on Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – one of Europe’s largest airports – normal operations were interrupted. Wind speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour were measured there. These should increase to up to 140 kilometers per hour on Sunday afternoon. The authorities advised people not to leave their homes because of the risk of flooding and falling branches. Professional football games and most outdoor sporting events do not take place in the Netherlands.
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