After the heavy storms over the middle and the south of Germany the cleanup started. Already at night, numerous forces had to move out to eliminate the consequences of the storm.

Meanwhile announces itself with "Franz" already the next storm. "A storm low chases the next," said the German Weather Service (DWD). On Tuesday, Franz 'foothills meet Germany, the wind fresh in the west and north. On Wednesday, according to DWD with strong to stormy, isolated in the middle and in the north occasionally with heavy storm gusts at speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour.

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Among others in Lower Saxony, Saxony, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate followed on storm low "Eberhard" snow. The storm was according to DWD the strongest of the current series so far. Top values ​​were measured in Alsfeld in Hesse with gale gusts of up to 126 kilometers per hour, closely followed by Leipzig / Halle with 123 km / h and Chemnitz also in Saxony with a speed of 120. On the mountains there were even extreme gale gusts, as on the Feldberg in the Black Forest , where 164 km / h were measured or on the Brocken in the Harz with tempo 153.

Numerous roofs were covered by the storm. In Burghausen , Bavaria, it was the roof of a hall; in Frankfurt , the tin roof of a church tower in the district of St. Gallus broke loose. In Thuringia , a village was temporarily cut off from the outside world because of fallen trees and without electricity. In North Rhine-Westphalia , the Westdeutscher Rundfunk reported in the morning almost 500 kilometers of congestion on the highways in the state. Among other things, trees had to be cleared from the carriageway on Autobahn 40 between Mülheim and Essen.

300,000 households in the Czech Republic after storm without electricity

Even in rail traffic in Germany, the situation normalizes gradually. There will be "still strong restrictions" in both the long-distance and regional transport, said the Deutsche Bahn. "Commuters should expect delays and keep up with information systems." The high-speed line between Cologne and Munich is again free and can be restocked restricted, the company said.

Because storm "Eberhard" blew trees on tracks and caused a power failure in the important signal box Essen, the train traffic in the most populous state of North Rhine Westphalia had been completely stopped on Sunday afternoon. In Sauerland, a 47-year-old died when an uprooted tree crashed onto his car.

The first trains in long-distance and regional traffic in the state are rolling again. Some routes such as those between Wuppertal and Solingen, according to the company, will not be accessible until the evening. There are also restrictions between Altenbeken and Hamm in Westphalia, as well as Rosenheim and Kufstein in Bavaria.

In the Czech Republic, after the strong gusts, many people are still without electricity, traffic is very limited. According to utilities, more than 300,000 households in the Czech Republic were out of electricity in the morning because they were damaged. The storm also affected trains on the routes between Regensburg and Pilsen, as well as between Budweis and Linz. The cleanup should continue throughout the day.