Storm in Europe in spring 2016
| Extreme weather events in Europe in May and June 2016 | |
|---|---|
| storm | Individual thunderstorms and super cells with heavy rain and floods |
| wind | Wind, squalls and tornadoes |
| Data | |
| Beginning | May 28, 2016 |
| consequences | |
| affected areas | Central Europe , Southern Europe |
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From May 28, low pressure areas , known in Germany as Elvira , Friederike and Gisela or “Tief Mitteleuropa”, resulted in severe storms with heavy rain and lightning strikes, floods , flash floods , mudslides , gusts of wind, hail and tornadoes . Extreme weather events and floods also occurred in other European countries , for example in Paris and London . Scientists believe that such extreme rainfall has increased due to climate change and is very likely - especially in Europe - to continue to increase.
Dead and injured
The storm resulted in the death of four people on May 29. In Schwäbisch Gmünd , a firefighter tried to save a person, but was sucked into a sewer with him. In Weissbach , a man died in a flooded underground car park . In Schorndorf a 13-year-old girl was hit by a train and killed after it had fled from the heavy rain under a railway bridge.
In southeast Germany, the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn was particularly affected. The district administrator declared a disaster here on June 1st . In Simbach am Inn , sudden masses of water from the Simbach rolled through the unprepared place. The neighboring communities of Triftern and Tann were also badly affected. The floods in the region claimed a total of seven lives.
At a soccer game of the E-Jugend in Hoppstädten in the district of Kusel , Rhineland-Palatinate , three adults were seriously injured and one slightly injured by a lightning strike, and 29 children were brought to hospitals for observation.
In Mendig in the Vulkaneifel , the Rock am Ring rock festival was canceled by the authorities on June 5th after heavy rain and over 80 people injured by lightning strikes when further thunderstorms approached. Just one week before the start of the music festival was the most Nurburgring held 24-hour race was affected by the storms. It resulted in a mass accident on the racetrack and the event was interrupted for several hours. Nobody was injured in the accident, in which at least 70 drivers were involved.
| Country | dead | Missing |
|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
11 | 4th |
 France
|
4th | - |
 Belgium
|
3 | - |
 Romania
|
2 | - |
Property damage
Southern Germany in particular was affected by the storm. Roads were inundated with water from overflowing rivers and with carried mud and debris, houses and cars destroyed, cellars flooded. Particularly large damage was reported from Braunsbach ( Baden-Württemberg ), Sondernohe and Obernzenn ( Bavaria ).
Due to the heavy rainfall, the Audi plant in Neckarsulm was partially under water and production had to be stopped.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, entire vineyards were defoliated , and in Nierendorf ( Grafschaft municipality ) in the Ahrweiler district , residents were rescued by a German Armed Forces Bell UH-1D helicopter after they had overflowed a retention basin in an uncontrolled manner .
After in Hamburg came and severe storms, a tornado had formed over the city, the fire department called on June 7, the state of emergency from.
Traffic disruption
Shipping on the Neckar was discontinued because its tributaries led to high water.
At Frankfurt Airport fell from 20 flights, also led to diversions and delays.
Deutsche Bahn closed various routes due to fallen trees and floods, especially in the area around Heilbronn and Schwäbisch Gmünd . Due to a landslide, a train derailed on the way to Trier between Hatzenport and Moselkern , which led to the closure of the Moselle route . Due to the large-grain hail, the federal highway 7 between Giengen an der Brenz and Oberkochen was closed for several hours.
In Paris , the RER C was suspended on the section alongside the Seine between Gare d'Austerlitz and Javel as well as Gare d'Austerlitz and Avenue Henri-Martin . The stations St. Michel and Cluny-La Sorbonne of the metro , as well as the station St. Michel-Notre Dame of the RER B were passed through without stopping, the access for passengers to the stations in question was blocked.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Low pressure areas 2016 Institute for Meteorology, accessed on June 9, 2016.
- ↑ Chronicle of a severe weather situation: Deep Central Europe causes flooding in Germany Wetter.de, June 6, 2016, accessed on June 9, 2016.
- ↑ Flash flooding causes chaos in parts of England bbc.com, accessed June 9, 2016
- ↑ The Latest: French President: Paris Floods Are 'Exceptional' . The New York Times. June 3, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Simone Humml: Floods - a consequence of climate change? . Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Hanna Spanhel: Climate change means more extreme weather . Stuttgart news. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ More heavy rain, droughts, heat waves and hurricanes . Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Seine up to highest level in 35 years, Paris landmarks shut . Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Report in the Ostseezeitung
- ↑ Press releases from the Rottal-Inn district on the flood ( memento of the original from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. since June 1, 2016.
- ↑ Seven dead, no more missing. ( Memento from May 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) BR24, from June 3, 2016.
- ↑ Police support those responsible SWR, May 30, 2016.
- ↑ This is what the fans say about the premature end of “Rock am Ring” Stern.de, June 5, 2016.
- ↑ Express : 24h race at the Nürburgring Crash chaos: Severe weather washes 70 cars off the track
- ↑ Spox : 24-hour race at the Nürburgring interrupted: hailstorm! "Absolute Chaos"
- ↑ a b Severe weather: Four dead - Weather service gives the all-clear for SH and HH shz.de, May 30, 2016.
- ↑ Cleaning up after severe storms in Rhineland-Palatinate Zeit online, May 28, 2016.
- ↑ "It was like a Hollywood disaster movie". In: Blick aktuell. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
- ^ Municipality Grafschaft: Flood 2016 Municipality Grafschaft. In: Minutes of the municipal council meeting on June 16, 2016. Parish County, accessed November 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Hamburg fire brigade declares a state of emergency. Spiegel Online, June 7, 2016, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Shipping on the Neckar is blocked. n-tv.de, accessed on May 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Deep "Elvira" causes chaos across Germany n-tv.de, May 28, 2016.
- ↑ Crues à Paris: pas de reprise du RER C avant lundi. (No longer available online.) In: MYTF1NEWS. June 2, 2016, archived from the original on June 3, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 .
- ^ Crue de la Seine: deux stations de métro fermées à Paris, pas d'autre fermeture envisagée dans l'immédiat par la RATP. In: France info. Retrieved June 4, 2016 (fr-fr).
