The weather in Germany remains stormy. Experts expect severe storms and heavy rain in the south and east of the country at the weekend.
Munich – At the weekend the sky will remain gray in many parts of Germany: the German Weather Service (DWD) is not hoping for a dry weekend. Especially in the south and east of Germany, meteorologists expect storms and heavy rain. There is a risk of flooding in the east.
Severe weather in Germany: heavy rain brings half the monthly sum in a few hours
Storms with hail and heavy rain had already swept across parts of Germany on Friday. Hundreds of cellars and several streets were under water in Middle Franconia and in the Upper Palatinate. In Berlin, the punk band Die Ärzte and rapper Marteria canceled concerts planned for Friday evening, and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender ended the citizen festival for volunteers early to be on the safe side.
But the weather in Germany does not relax at first: There could still be heavy rain on Saturday, the DWD announced. Around 50 liters per square meter could fall locally in a short time, said DWD meteorologist Marcel Schmid on Friday. “This corresponds in part to half a month’s total or more than has fallen in the whole of August,” said Schmid. The DWD warns of severe thunderstorms in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Berlin, as well as in parts of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Bavaria.
Warning level 2: Heavy rain and thunderstorms from Magdeburg to Berlin
In the course of the day, showers and thunderstorms will increase, especially in the east and south. Here the DWD already warns of warning level 2. Particularly violent thunderstorms are expected in a line from Magdeburg to Berlin, explained meteorologist Jan Schenk from weatherchannel. In the night to Sunday, the heavy rain falls in the regions between East Saxony and Western Pomerania and south of the Danube. On Sunday (August 28) there will still be a few showers and thunderstorms in the south, some with heavy rain.
At the beginning of the new week there is only a small risk of showers. Above all in the north and east it will be cloudy, in the southern half it will be mostly sunny. Despite the thunderstorms, the temperatures hardly fall: on Saturday the maximum values reach 26 degrees, on Sunday even 27 degrees with longer sunshine. On Monday and Tuesday up to 29 degrees can be reached in the west and south. (sf/dpa)
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