Deutsche Bahn's long-distance traffic is mostly back to normal after major disruptions. Train passengers sometimes experienced delays of four hours - and had to hope all evening that their temporarily stopped trains would continue at all.
Those affected by the disruption included Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. There were several weather-related accidents. Three people in a car suffered serious injuries when an accident occurred due to aquaplaning on the A9 in Bavaria. In Cologne, a Kölner Verkehrs-betriebe (KVB) bus was damaged by a fallen tree. Several fallen trees and broken branches hindered traffic in the cathedral city in the evening. No more trains were running at Frankfurt Central Station. The German Weather Service (DWD) warned on Monday evening of locally strong thunderstorms, sometimes severe squalls and widespread storms and gusts of wind.