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Incredible, thousands of flashes/Rainstorms engulf Germany

2023-08-17 17:29:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Incredible, thousands of flashes/Rainstorms engulf Germany

On Thursday night, storms and rain covered central and southern Germany. Meteorologists recorded 25,829 flashes per hour. Thousands of passengers affected by bad weather at Frankfurt Airport.

A storm with heavy rain and lightning has passed in southern and central Germany. In the state of Hesse, extraordinary rains and thousands of flashes have been recorded. In some regions, up to 60 liters of rain fell per square meter. Aftermath: Basements filled with water, underpasses where drivers had to be rescued from vehicles floating in water. Frankfurt airport was blocked for several hours. 70 flights were delayed or canceled, and arriving passengers could not leave the planes. For more than two hours, the movement of passengers and the transportation of luggage on the ground was interrupted, according to the airport. Another 23 flights had to be diverted. Thousands of passengers were affected by the bad weather, according to the data.

Meteorologists recorded 25,289 flashes in one hour in the Rhine and Main area. The most affected were Gelsenkirchen, Raunheim, Griesheim, Hanau, Bad Nauheim and other areas. The firefighters of Frankfurt recorded 500 rescue actions, in the state of Rhineland-Northern Westphalia more than 150 actions. Bad weather is expected to continue in Germany these days, with temperatures from 22 to 29 degrees and heavy rain./ DW





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