Storms over Hesse on Monday evening caused some massive damage. Roads and railways were closed and roofs were also covered.
A driver and her passenger were injured in a collision with a tree that had fallen due to a storm. The German Weather Service is playing the party crasher with its forecast for the next few days. The culprit is a low pressure area that is gradually moving over the north of Hesse. The cold front of a low over Scandinavia is reaching Hesse and slowly swinging southwards by Monday morning. From Monday afternoon, meteorologists expect “partially stormy, partly unstable, partly stormy rain and thundery thunderstorms” Even though the 20 degree mark will be broken on Sunday (April 14th), it will cool down significantly from Monday (April 15th) to Tuesday (April 16th) The storm also caused significant problems in southern Hesse: On Monday evening there was a dramatic incident when the flat roof of an apartment building was lifted off by the severe storm.