A storm front caused damage in the Rhineland on Thursday evening. Duisburg was particularly affected.
The phones in the Baerl district were down, reported the fire brigade, which had to deal with 300 storm operations in a short time. In the case of operations without danger to people, it could take a while for the fire brigade to arrive.
In Krefeld, streets and cellars were flooded, trees fell down – including on the train route between Krefeld and Meerbusch, which was temporarily blocked as a result. In Cologne, the fire brigade reported 32 operations via Twitter. Trees had fallen there too. The German Weather Service had warned of the thunderstorm front with heavy rain.
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