Storms and heavy rain throughout a big swath of Germany have flooded roads and compelled the closure of some main railway routes, however there is no such thing as a speedy phrase of any accidents
Automobiles drive by a flooded part of the A59 freeway as heavy rain falls, Thursday night, June 22, 2023, in Duisburg, Germany. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa through AP)
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BERLIN — Storms and heavy rain throughout a big swath of Germany flooded roads and compelled the closure of some main railway routes on Friday, however there was no speedy phrase of any accidents.
Germany’s nationwide climate service had warned earlier this week of extreme storms with important quantities of rainfall, which hit on Thursday.
Within the western metropolis of Duisburg, the hearth service stated it rescued a number of folks from automobiles that bought caught on flooded streets. Outlets had been flooded and streets inundated within the northern metropolis of Braunschweig, and there have been comparable reviews from Kassel. In Hattersheim, close to Frankfurt, timber fell on homes and automobiles, German information company dpa reported.
Germany’s nationwide railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, stated that the primary line between Hamburg and Berlin was closed due to storm injury, as was a significant north-south route between Kassel and Goettingen.