According to the police, a tornado is pulling along the keel line. People are washed into the water or hit by objects. There are several injured.
Kiel – People are thrown through the air and torn into the water: According to the police, several people were injured in a tornado on Wednesday evening in Kiel.
The tornado had hit the keel line. According to the fire department, four people were seriously injured in the event around 6 p.m. Three had also suffered moderate injuries, several people were slightly injured.
Objects flying around
When trying to save two rowing boats from the water, several rowers were surprised on a jetty, the fire brigade said. “They were completely mixed up and people fell into the water.” Some of them got hit by flying objects. 60 helpers were on site, the deployment lasted about two hours.
“On the basis of pictures, we assume that it was a tornado,” said Michael Bauditz from the German Weather Service (DWD) of the German Press Agency. He couldn’t say for sure yet. According to the fire brigade, several roofs were also covered in a new building area in Kiel-Meimersdorf. Several tiles were torn from roofs in Kiel-Gaarden. Numerous videos of the incident could be seen on the Internet. “That’s awesome,” you heard a voice on a Twitter video when you saw the tornado.
Mayor informed
The chairman of the First Kiel Rowing Club from 1862, Bernd Klose, said: “People are affected. It’s sad. ”Late in the evening, a fallen tree, torn branches or an overturned rubbish bin all around the club reminded of the violent event. “There was a lot of flying around,” said an employee of a nearby restaurant. “It took everyone emotionally.”
At the time of the incident, Kiel’s Lord Mayor Ulf Kämpfer (SPD) was on the city’s economic committee and learned about the storm through a text message from the fire brigade. Shortly afterwards he received a short message from his son who was on his way to rowing training at the club, he told the German press agency. His son was lucky, only got there a few moments after the tornado. “You can see how quickly this can happen,” said the head of administration. He expressed his great thanks to the fire brigade and rescue workers.
20 to 60 tornadoes a year
In mid-August, a tornado caused severe damage in East Frisia. Torn house gables, overturned vehicles and countless fragments of roofs and fences bear witness to the force with which the tornado hit the community of Großheide. According to the fire brigade, nobody was injured at the time. According to experts, an average of between 20 to 60 tornadoes are detected in Germany every year. dpa
