Heavy rain, gusts of wind, lightning: Heavy storms have caused numerous fire brigade operations in Hesse. The runway at the airport was under water. Passengers could not exit their plane.
Heavy thunderstorms swept over Hesse on Wednesday evening. Between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., the hr weather department reported rainfall of up to 60 liters per square meter, for example at Frankfurt Airport. In Raunheim (Groß-Gerau) about 58 liters per square meter came down within two hours, in Griesheim up to 50 liters.
Some of these amounts of rain fell in 20 to 30 minutes. The meteorologists registered 25,289 flashes over Rhein-Main between 8.40 p.m. and 9.40 p.m. In Griesheim there were gusts of wind of 81 kilometers per hour, in Offenbach 71 kilometers per hour were reached.
Passengers cannot leave the plane
Because of the heavy rainfall, the runway at Frankfurt Airport was temporarily flooded, as the airport operator Fraport confirmed in the evening. Arriving passengers could not leave their machines. Passengers on the Lufthansa plane LH1283 from Athens, which landed at 8.30 p.m., were only able to leave their aircraft around 11 p.m., as passenger René Zimmermann from Münzenberg confirmed to hr.
The Frankfurt fire brigade reported numerous weather-related operations in the west of the city. Many subways, suburban trains and trams had to stop operating in the city area. Hanau was also hit hard by the storm. “Various operations are currently being collected and processed in a structured manner by the control center,” said the fire brigade.
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In Bad Nauheim, storm drains that had been pushed up and cellars that had flooded made for use. “Some manhole covers are on the street,” warned the fire department. You should avoid unnecessary trips. In Groß-Umstadt, the streets were partially flooded. There were minor landslides. The fire brigade in Fulda also reported frequent operations due to the storm.
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Uncomfortable weather mix remains
“The thunderstorm cluster will continue to move across eastern and northern Hesse in the coming hours, weakening only slowly,” says hr meteorologist Stefan Laps. Lots of lightning and heavy rain are to be expected.
But it doesn’t get much better afterwards. On Thursday, the uncomfortable weather mix will remain the same as on Wednesday. Again, there is potential for severe weather. The temperatures: 22 to 29 degrees.
The start of the weekend on Friday will also be warm and muggy, but it will remain dry. At the weekend the thunderstorms will return, coupled with a muggy and very high heat load. Then even up to 35 degrees are possible.
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