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In parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, a dangerous
freezing rain
set in
on Saturday evening
.
At first there were only very small hailstones, said a meteorologist from the German Weather Service in Essen on Saturday evening.
Only in Siegerland did the weather experts estimate the risk to be very high and warned of widespread black ice.
From Siegerland, the freezing rain stretches at night in a wide strip over Wuppertal and Düsseldorf to the Dutch border.
In this area, at least locally, slippery surfaces can be expected, said the weather service.
It could become much more critical in the course of the night further north in NRW.
For the region from the Lippe district via Bielefeld and Paderborn to Münster and Unna, the weather service warned of heavy snowfall from 9 p.m. and of extremely heavy snowdrifts from midnight.
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Because of the expected heavy onset of winter, the railway organized according to its own information in Münster and several other cities
accommodation
for stranded travelers.
This will prepare you if customers can no longer reach their destination by train because of the extreme weather, said a spokeswoman on Saturday evening.
The service staff at the stations has also been strengthened.
In addition, they want to help travelers with taxi vouchers to possibly reach their destination after all.
In any case, travelers should find out whether their train is running before departure - either on the Internet, in the train app or by calling the specially set up hotline 08000/996633.
The railway had already warned in advance that the expected onset of winter could lead to restrictions in rail traffic.
People should adhere to the warning from the German Weather Service and stay at home if possible, said a spokeswoman.
Heavy snowfall hits the south of Lower Saxony
In the south of Lower Saxony around Göttingen, the expected heavier snowfall began on Saturday evening.
"It's slowly snowing in," said a spokesman for the Göttingen motorway police at around 10.30 p.m.
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The
traffic management center
in Hannover issued to
22:00 a warning for all of Lower Saxony
.
There is a risk of
slippery roads, slippery snow, snowfall and drifting snow
.
This also applies to the motorways.
Drivers should drive particularly carefully.
The German Weather Service (DWD) spoke of an “extraordinary onset of winter”.
"The motorway maintenance depots are really challenged," said a spokesman for the Göttingen motorway police about the situation at night on the A7 motorway.
There is little traffic on the way.
But the strong wind immediately creates snowdrifts.
On the Laubacher Berg, the steep incline at the beginning of the Kassel Mountains, a dangerous goods transporter got stuck.
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In the regional traffic of Deutsche Bahn around Hanover main station, train cancellations increased from midnight.
The DB had already canceled several long-distance connections in northern Germany as a precaution, including the Intercitys from Bremen to Norddeich Mole.
In contrast, the regional rail operator Metronom in Lower Saxony assumed that it would be able to use its routes on Sunday morning.
The temperature in Lower Saxony should drop to four to eight degrees of frost on Sunday night.
A crisp minus seven degrees were expected for the day.
Accidents on slippery roads
Heavy snowfalls led
to
accidents on slippery roads
in
many places
in
Thuringia
.
It was mostly with sheet metal damage, it was said on Saturday evening from the situation center of the state police headquarters.
A total of more than 70 accidents were reported between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.
A few trucks were parked across the Autobahn, for example on Autobahn 4 near Erfurt.
In the district of Hildburghausen, a car crashed between Rappelsdorf and Zollbrück earlier in the afternoon.
According to the information, four inmates were seriously injured.
The damage was put at 15,000 euros.