Storm "Zeynep": storm a "historic hurricane" – train partially stops long-distance traffic

Hurricane low “Zeynep” is moving towards Germany. A weather expert warns of danger to life. The railway is now also ending long-distance traffic in northern Germany.

+++ 3:04 p.m .: Deutsche Bahn is also gradually phasing out long-distance traffic in northern Germany because of the storm. For the rest of the day, there will be no more long-distance trains north of Dortmund, Hanover and Berlin, the company announced on Friday. According to Deutsche Bahn, no ICE or IC trains should run throughout Friday on the east-west route between Berlin via Frankfurt am Main to Amsterdam.

Deutsche Bahn had previously announced that regional traffic in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen and parts of NRW would be discontinued during the course of the day. No long-distance trains ran all day on the connections from Amsterdam to Berlin and Frankfurt.

Storm “Zeynep”: Storm a “historic hurricane” – Heavy storm surge expected

+++ 2.30 p.m .: Coastal protection expects high water levels on the Lower Saxony North Sea coast in view of the new hurricane low “Zeynep” on Saturday night. “We assume that we will have to deal with a severe storm surge,” said the spokesman for the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation (NLWKN), Carsten Lippe, on Friday (February 18, 2022) of the Deutsche Presse- Agency. Weather experts warn of a “historic hurricane”, reports the NDR. According to Andreas Friedrich from the German Weather Service (DWD), gusts of up to 160 kilometers per hour are possible.

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The storm surge warning service of the state’s own authority expects the flood on Saturday night to be between 2.25 and 2.5 meters higher than the average high tide. This means that the threshold according to the NLKWN definition of a severe storm surge is exceeded, said Lippe. Beaches and harbor areas could be flooded. So far, according to NLWKN information, there have only been many light storm surges in this storm surge season.

Severe weather in Germany: storm low “Zeynep” – restrictions on rail traffic

+++ 12.03 p.m .: Deutsche Bahn reacted to the first hurricane low on Thursday and stopped long-distance traffic in several federal states. The railway has now announced restrictions due to the second storm “Zeynep”. In parts of northern Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia, regional traffic is gradually being phased out, the company said on Friday.

The cessation of regional traffic is announced for the course of the day in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen and parts of NRW, as reported by the German Press Agency. The protection of travelers and employees has priority, it said. The German Weather Service warned of severe weather with extreme hurricane gusts and hurricane-like gusts, especially for the northern parts of the country and for central Germany from the afternoon.

“Whoever can, we recommend traveling by train from the late afternoon to an earlier time,” recommended the railway. Passengers can use their tickets booked for the period from Thursday to Sunday flexibly until February 27 or cancel free of charge if they postpone trips because of the storm.

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Storm: When “Zeynep” reaches the North Sea coast – DWD informed

+++ 11.12 a.m .: Hurricane low “Zeynep” is approaching Germany and could be even more dangerous than storm “Ylenia”. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the hurricane predicted for Saturday night will reach the North Sea coast around midnight. Partly violent wind speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour are expected.

In the second half of the night, “Zeynep” hits the Baltic coast and then gradually fades away. “This means that the risk of severe weather has been banned for the time being,” said a DWD meteorologist in Offenbach on Friday. Nevertheless, according to the DWD, it will remain stormy in Germany at least until Monday. “There is simply no peace,” said the meteorologist. The stormy weather was accompanied by an uncomfortable mix of rain and sleet showers. Above 400 meters snow falls in many places, in the Alps the snowfall lasts longer.

Storm “Zeynep”: Expert warns of “extraordinarily strong” hurricane

+++ 10.27 a.m .: The strongest storm in 50 years threatens on the North Sea coast of Germany from Friday (February 18th, 2022). This is reported by Focus Online. Hurricane “Zeynep” is said to rage at a speed of up to 180 kilometers per hour. Jan Schenk, an expert from The Weather Channel, warns of imminent danger to life and advises: “Please stay at home from tonight.”

The highest wind peaks since 1976 are said to occur on the coast of Lower Saxony between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. As a result, there is a risk of a severe storm surge, especially on the Weser and Elbe. “I’ve never seen such high wind speeds in the North Sea!” says Jan Schenk. “Wind speeds like this are expected in hurricanes. This hurricane is extraordinarily strong and life-threatening!” According to Schenk, it may actually be the “strongest storm in recent decades”.

Storm in Germany: Fish market in Hamburg under water again

+++ 8.15 a.m .: After the storm “Ylenia” in Germany, the fish market in the Altona district of Hamburg was again flooded early on Friday morning, reports the dpa. According to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), the water level at the St. Pauli measuring point was 1.49 meters above the mean high water level – one centimeter below the limit for storm surges. For Saturday (February 19, 2022), the BSH expects water levels to be up to three meters above the mean high water level, which corresponds to a severe storm surge.

The situation at Deutsche Bahn has calmed down somewhat after storm “Ylenia”. In particular, long-distance trains are again on the move between Berlin and Hamburg and between Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia, the railway said on Friday morning. Nevertheless, there are still restrictions due to blocked sections of the route in long-distance traffic.

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Next hurricane is coming: Storm low “Zeynep” could be “even more violent”.

Update from Friday, February 18th, 2022, 6.45 a.m .: Hurricane low “Ylenia” caused chaos in many regions of Germany. Schools were closed due to storms and bad weather, rail and air traffic were badly affected and there were many accidents. After a day of “storm break” the next hurricane is already in the starting blocks. An expert already expected that the effects of hurricane low “Zeynep” could actually be “even more severe”. But which parts of Germany are affected?

Storm danger in Germany: who is affected by storm depression “Zeynep”.

The German Weather Service (DWD) explained to the German Press Agency (dpa) that the focus of this new heavy storm or even Ork system was on the northern half of Germany from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning. Overall, parts of the following federal states are affected:

Next hurricane is coming: Effects of storm “Zeynep” could be “even more severe”.

First report from Thursday, February 17th, 2022: Kassel – Hurricane low “Ylenia” has already left a trail of devastation in Germany. In several federal states, Deutsche Bahn stopped its long-distance traffic, schools remained closed, roads were closed. Storm and thunderstorms are expected to continue in the coming days.

While “Ylenia” left for the Baltic States and Finland on Thursday afternoon (February 17, 2022), but continued to lead to stormy conditions during the course of the day, according to the forecasts, hurricane low “Zeynep” is already expected on Friday afternoon. The storm is expected to rage most violently from the East Frisian coast to the Elbe. “Extreme hurricane gusts of over 140 kilometers per hour can temporarily occur there,” said the DWD.

Storm in Germany: hurricane “Zeynep” – effects could be “even more severe”.

“Overall, the effects could be even more severe,” predicts qualified meteorologist Dominik Jung to wetter.net. He speaks of a “fire-dangerous” weather situation. He also warns of further storms. Already Sunday to Monday it should be uncomfortable again. “There seems to be a whole series of storms heading towards Germany. Good old western weather is back in full swing. The jet stream is to blame for this,” says Jung.

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The strong wind band is once around the northern hemisphere and currently exactly over Germany. “And on this band of strong winds, one storm after the other rushes to us in Germany,” explains the meteorologist.

Two hurricane lows sweep over Germany: gusts of up to 150 km/h

Whether hurricane “Zeynep” will rage more violently than the first storm remains to be seen. Heavy gusts of wind and hurricane-like gusts * occurred on Thursday night. “The leader in measured wind peaks is once again the Brocken, where speeds of 150 kilometers per hour were registered,” said the German Weather Service on Thursday. But there were also hurricane gusts in places at lower altitudes. For example, 125 kilometers per hour were measured in Angermünde in Brandenburg and 123 kilometers per hour in Arnsberg (North Rhine-Westphalia).

In addition to fallen trees and power outages as well as numerous fire brigade operations, the first hurricane also claimed two lives. A 37-year-old man died in Lower Saxony on Thursday morning when a tree fell on his car and killed him. As a spokesman for the dpa fire brigade confirmed, the driver died immediately. A driver in the Osnabrück district also died because his trailer swerved into the oncoming lane in a storm. He collided with a truck.

In Saxony-Anhalt near the southern Harz Mountains, a 55-year-old died on a country road on Thursday. A tree fell on the man’s car due to the strong wind, police said. As a result, the moving car overturned in the morning. (svw with material from dpa) *hna.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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