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Hamburg – Severe storm in the evening! On Wednesday, a heavy thunderstorm in the greater Hamburg area hit the Moorfleet timber port with full force.

There, the storm with gusts of wind between 75 and 90 km/h and heavy rain blew a three by five meter wooden structure from a barge into the water. The worst thing: There were several people in the hut, according to a fire department spokesman.

The fire brigade had to cut a man out of the overturned wooden house

Photo: Lenthe-Medien/Schmid

Six people injured

The fire brigade was on site with a large contingent and rescued several people from the water.

One man was unable to free himself in time – dramatic minutes followed! “We had to cut open the structure to rescue a trapped man,” said a spokesman. A total of six people were injured.

The storm left a trail of devastation

Photo: Lenthe-Medien/Schmid

The storm brought heavy rain with precipitation amounts of 30 liters per square meter and hailstones up to two centimeters in size. The storm passed around 10 p.m. and did not leave any further major damage. The Hamburg fire brigade was called out to ten water operations by Thursday morning.

Storm over Schleswig-Holstein

A violent storm also swept across the west coast Schleswig-Holstein! Itzehoe and Kellinghusen were particularly affected.

In Kellinghusen, Lehmbergstrasse was under water

Photo: Florian Sprenger

At around 7:30 p.m., the weather front reached the districts of Pinneberg and Steinburg with lightning every second. An hour later, the storm hit Itzehoe in the Steinburg district, where cellars flooded and streets were under water.

A lightning strike in a building in Itzehoe was monitored, but no fire broke out. In Kellinghusen, the volunteer fire department emptied blocked drains so that the water could flow away again.

Aquaplaning on A1

One driver was slightly injured in the four accidents on the A1. His sports car skidded on the wet road and collided with a concrete wall and a crash barrier before finally coming to a stop on the hard shoulder. The other three vehicles also crashed into crash barriers, the police reported. The accidents caused an estimated 50,000 euros in damage.

Lightning and heavy rain bring traffic on the motorway to a standstill

Photo: Florian Sprenger

In Oelixdorf near Itzehoe, it hailed heavily until late in the evening. The situation calmed down again around 10.30 p.m.

Big, thick hailstones fell from the sky

Photo: Florian Sprenger

In Tornesch near Hamburg, streets were under water

Photo: Danfoto

Lower Saxony and Bremen also affected

Heavy rain, storms and thunderstorms swept across parts of Lower Saxony and Bremen on Wednesday evening. The Bremen fire brigade battled rainfall of 60 litres per square metre within an hour.

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Floods and lightning strikes

In Bremerhaven, numerous cellars flooded and streets were flooded, the fire department reported. There were around 30 operations. All volunteer fire departments were put on standby before the storm.

In Geestland, east of Bremerhaven, there were also around 30 operations due to the storm; 120 emergency services were deployed. Due to flooding, roads were temporarily closed there, the fire department announced. Cellars also flooded. After a lightning strike in the evening, the roof of a residential building caught fire. The fire was reportedly quickly extinguished; no one was injured.

In Oldenburg, too, the fire brigade was called out more than 50 times in the evening because of flooded streets, uprooted trees, flooded cellars and sidewalks.