The people in northern Germany face a stormy night.

The German Weather Service (DWD) warned of storms up to hurricane gusts on the coast and in the north-eastern half of the country on Saturday.

"The peak of the storm is expected on Sunday night," said a DWD meteorologist in Offenbach.

As the DWD announced, the winds in many places in Lower Saxony intensify during the evening and can reach speeds of up to 110 kilometers per hour on the coasts. Occasionally in Schleswig-Holstein and on exposed sections of the Baltic Sea coast in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, hurricane gusts of wind force twelve with speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour cannot be ruled out.

Due to the storm, long-distance Deutsche Bahn services in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg and Bremen have been temporarily suspended.

The railway announced this on Saturday evening via Twitter.

As early as Saturday afternoon, several trains were delayed or canceled on the route between Itzehoe and Hamburg as well as Heide and Itzehoe due to fallen trees on the track, as DB Regio Schleswig-Holstein tweeted.

On other routes, such as between Kiel and Eckernförde, Lübeck and Kiel and Hamburg and Kiel, there were also obstructions due to fallen trees.

Peak on Sunday night

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency warned of a storm surge in the Hamburg Elbe area.

Water levels could be up to 2.5 meters higher than mean high tide.

The apex should be reached on Sunday night, as a spokesman said on Saturday.

There are also storm surge warnings for North Friesland and on the Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Several ferries between Rostock and Gedser on the Danish island of Falster are canceled on the Baltic Sea.

As the shipping company Scandlines announced, connections from Saturday at 3.45 p.m. to Sunday at 9 a.m. are affected.

The regular timetable should be resumed on Sunday with the trips from Rostock and Gedser at 11.15 a.m.

According to Scandlines, customers can use the ferries from Puttgarden to Rødby on the Danish island of Lolland.

The DWD is also expecting severe gusts of wind up to 100 kilometers per hour on the Brocken in the Harz Mountains – hurricane gusts are also possible on the 1141 high summit by Sunday afternoon.

For the Brockenbahn, Schierke station is therefore the terminus.

The trains do not continue to the Brocken station, the Harz narrow-gauge railways announced on Saturday.

Disturbances are also expected for Sunday.

The DWD also issued a severe weather warning for the Erzgebirge district in Saxony.

On the 1215 meter high Fichtelberg there could be hurricane gusts on Sunday night.

It remains uncomfortable

The Berliners and Brandenburgers also have to prepare for a stormy weekend. On Saturday afternoon and evening there should be more stormy gusts, in the Uckermark even isolated hurricane-like gusts. Heavy gusts of wind are to be expected on Sunday night, the DWD warned. In North Rhine-Westphalia, too, people are expecting rain, snow showers and sometimes stormy gusts.

According to the DWD, the wind will decrease over the course of the day on Sunday, and the day will then be mostly quite friendly – ​​with maximum temperatures between four and eight degrees.

"In the night to Monday and on Monday there is a risk of new adversity," said the meteorologist.

A low ensures rain and snow above 200 to 400 meters across the country.

In addition, stormy winds are blowing, especially in the west and south-west.

The changeable and very windy weather will not change in the coming days.