11:30 p.m .: situation in Lower Franconia still quiet
So far there have been no stormy winds in the districts of Würzburg and Schweinfurt. At the request of the Bavarian Radio, the Würzburg police did not receive any special events that could be traced back to the storm “Sabine”. However, the police said they expected the weather to worsen in the next few hours. The situation looks comparable at the Würzburg fire brigade. During a phone call, she explained that it had been quiet so far. In a press release, the Bavarian Red Cross announced that it would put its civil protection units in the Würzburg district on high alert on Sunday afternoon.
11:15 p.m .: Authorities warn of storm surge on the North Sea
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) warns of the risk of a storm surge on the German North Sea coast and in the city-states of Bremen and Hamburg. On Monday, the afternoon flood on the North Sea coast and in Emden, as well as the evening flood in Bremen and Hamburg, would be 1.5 to 2 meters higher than the average flood, the BSH announced on Sunday evening. The risk of storm surge continues until around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. If so, the fish market at the port of Hamburg could also be flooded.
11:00 p.m .: Tree falls on a train in Iserlohn
Shortly before regional traffic ceased on Sunday evening, a tree fell on an overhead line in Iserlohn in North Rhine-Westphalia and hit a train. An arc had arisen, said a fire department spokeswoman in the evening. The 15 passengers on the train were unharmed. The train remained undamaged on the outside.
10:30 p.m .: No exams at the University of Bayreuth
Due to the stormy low Sabine, the University of Bayreuth will drop all university exams on Monday. As the university management announced today via social media, the University of Bayreuth will remain open tomorrow.
10:15 p.m .: Restrictions on urban daycare centers in Nuremberg and Regensburg
The city of Nuremberg asks all parents who send their children to a day care center to leave their children at home tomorrow because of the storm “Sabine”. If that doesn’t work, city press spokeswoman Alexandra Foghammar advises that you call the daycare center, kindergarten or after-school care center in advance to find out if emergency care is available. In Regensburg, the daycare centers on Monday and Tuesday have only emergency operation due to the storm “Sabine”. The head of the Regensburg office for day care, Eleonore Hartl-Grötsch, asks the parents to leave their children at home if possible. Free and private providers would decide on their own responsibility, said the head of the BR office.
10pm: UK power outages
The hurricane “Ciara” has led to power cuts and traffic disruptions in parts of Europe. Great Britain was hit particularly hard with heavy rain and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour. Electricity failed in more than 90,000 households on the island. Three people were injured in Scotland when the roof of a pub partially collapsed. Around 14,000 private homes, farms and commercial buildings in Ireland were without electricity.
9:45 p.m .: Landesbahn stops rail traffic in Northern Bavaria
The federal state railway stopped its train traffic in Saxony and Northern Bavaria on Sunday due to the storm “Sabine” for security reasons. The railway company said that the infrastructure had already been damaged. Therefore, the train traffic in the Saxon Vogtland, in East Saxony and in Northern Bavaria is stopped. The networks of the trains Alex (Hof-Regensburg), Vogtlandbahn, Trilex, Oberpfalzbahn and Waldbahn are affected. The trains drove to their final station at a reduced speed. The company believes that the disruptions could persist for a long time.
9:21 p.m .: Lessons will be canceled across Bavaria on Monday
Because of the storm “Sabine” the school will be canceled across Bavaria on Monday. This emerges from the “registration system for weather-related loss of lessons” of the Ministry of Culture and press releases from individual districts in Bavaria. According to information from the Ministry of Culture, teachers must take up their duties as far as the weather conditions allow. A childcare service will be set up for students who still come to school.
8:30 p.m .: Munich: No Lufthansa flights tomorrow to afternoon
Lufthansa canceled all flights until early afternoon in Munich on Monday. Intercontinental traffic to Frankfurt, on the other hand, should run according to plan. Here too, however, the deletion of intra-European connections can be expected. Eurowings stopped air traffic in large parts of Germany on Sunday for the duration of the storm. In total, more than 400 flights have already been canceled in Bavaria for Monday.
Over 130 flights were canceled at Munich and Nuremberg airports on Sunday. Around 180 take-offs and landings were canceled at Frankfurt Airport on Sunday, as a spokeswoman for the operator Fraport said. That is about 15 percent of the planned 1,200 flights. 140 flights were canceled for Monday.
8:15 p.m .: Bavarian school dropouts
Many schools in Bavaria are closed on Monday due to the storm Sabine. However, according to the authorities, childcare is ensured.
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