According to the German Weather Service (DWD), a storm predicted for the weekend will probably hit Germany on Sunday night.
It can reach hurricane strength with wind speeds of more than 120 kilometers per hour, especially on the North and Baltic Seas and on the peaks of the northern low mountain ranges.
"That will be the big issue in the next few days," said a DWD meteorologist on Friday in Offenbach.
According to this, the first harbingers of the storm were already moving south-eastwards over the course of Saturday.
Accordingly, the wind increases steadily far inland.
The DWD expects wind force 11 there with speeds of 80 to 110 kilometers per hour.
According to the information, the organ even swept over the 1140 meter high Brocken in the Harz Mountains at 130 to 140 kilometers per hour.
The stormy weather is expected to last until Monday.
There will also be rain, snow and sleet showers on Saturday with maximum daily temperatures of up to eleven degrees.
Temperatures will drop a bit on Sunday.
On Thursday evening, despite the announced storm surge on the German North Sea coast, the situation remained within limits.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) said that some of the highs were “quite a bit lower” than predicted.
At the Hamburg fish market, which is often flooded in similar situations, the water only spilled over a little, reported passers-by.
Wind forces of up to 8 and gusts of up to 10 were expected on the coast on Thursday.
One speaks of a storm surge on the North Sea coast when the flood water is at least 1.5 meters higher than normal.