The storm "Ylenia" initially hit the north and east of Germany in particular.

The fire brigades and police control centers reported numerous operations early on Thursday morning, but there was no major damage for the time being.

The German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach had previously issued severe weather warnings for Wednesday evening to Thursday evening, mainly for the northern half of the country.

The storm affected rail and air traffic.

Fallen trees hampered trains, blocked roads.

A tree fell on the tracks near Buchholz between Bremen and Hamburg.

An ICE therefore had to be diverted, as a railway spokesman said.

According to the company, trees in North Rhine-Westphalia blocked isolated side routes in the Dortmund area.

The Dortmund-Münster connection was temporarily affected.

Deutsche Bahn advised to check their website for delays or train cancellations.

As a precaution, Lufthansa canceled 20 flights, as the company announced during the night on request.

Travelers were advised to check the airline's website for the status of their flight.

According to the operator, connections to Berlin, Hamburg and Munich are affected at the largest German airport in Frankfurt.

Storm surge in Schleswig-Holstein

Some of the flood levels on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony were lower than expected.

Unlike for Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) had not warned of a storm surge here either.

However, water levels about 1 meter higher than mean high water (MHW) were expected.

According to a BSH spokesman, the water levels on Borkum were about 84 centimeters above the mean high water level.

On Norderney, the water rose to 1.01 meters above sea level.

Values ​​of 1.15 meters were reached in Emden and 1.09 in Wilhelmshaven.

In Schleswig-Holstein, on the other hand, there was a storm surge.

In Husum, at the Eidersperre and in Büsum, for example, early Thursday morning the flood values ​​were more than 1.5 meters above the average flood.

Exact figures were not initially available.

In the Hamburg Elbe area, the flood should reach values ​​that are 1.5 to 2 meters higher than the average flood.

There is a risk of storm surges here until around 5 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Then the highest water level in Hamburg is expected.

Then the fish market in Altona should be partly flooded again - like a few times earlier this year.

In Berlin mainly damage to property

The Berlin fire brigade declared a state of emergency early Thursday morning due to the storm "Ylenia".

Since 2 a.m. there has been a sharp increase in weather-related operations.

Several volunteer fire brigades were called into service to support the professional fire brigade.

In Lichterfelde, for example, three trees fell on several parked cars and a light pole was also carried away.

There were initially no reports of injuries from Berlin.