Even massive tree trunks plummeted, Gale-force winds sweep across Bavaria over

up In the night to Sunday have wreaked havoc in Bavaria, heavy gusts of wind. It will be rates, and damage to numerous rescue. Even massive tree trunks broke.

Kempten - During a stormy night, a number of trees, fences and traffic signs are in Parts of Bavaria overturned. In the Allgäu region, caused Gale-force winds with speeds of 100 kilometers per hour until Sunday morning, dozens of missions of the fire Department and auxiliary services. "Occasionally, massive trunks are snapped with a diameter of 20 centimeters," said a spokesman for the police Presidium of Swabia southwest. No one was hurt.

On highway 7 in Memmingen, a tree crashed on to the hard shoulder. In many places, the strong Wind blew advertising boards and hoarding. Due to heavy rain, motorists had to contend with poor visibility. The German weather service (DWD) expected on Sunday morning in the Allgäu, with forty liters of rain per square meter within a period of Betticket 30 hours.

tree crashes into the Track: in addition to range between Weilheim and Schongau temporarily

locked In the upper Palatinate, the police recorded the Morning for about twenty assignments due to fallen traffic signs. In upper Franconia, a Branch hit the windshield of a car. The rail traffic was affected on Sunday morning. According to the railway was closed the minor road between Weilheim and Schongau, temporarily, because a tree had fallen into the Track.

The DWD, it is after the storm winter. As of Sunday evening the snow level to drop to 500 meters. Then up to 20 centimetres of snow and slick roads are possible.

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