Storm chaos in Paderborn: 217 missions and suspected Tornado!

Storm chaos in Paderborn: 217 missions and suspected Tornado!

A violent storm caused massive damage in North Rhine-Westphalia last weekend, especially in the Paderborn district. Wa.de reports that… The fire brigade had to move in Paderborn for a total of 217 missions between Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Around 200 emergency services were used, with 195 missions recorded at 8 a.m. until Sunday morning, followed by another 22 posting in the course of Sunday.

The missions included a variety of problems, including full basement rooms, flooded underground garages and fallen trees. A flooded car also had to be recovered from a rainwater retention basin, luckily there were no people in it. The first emergency call arrived at 7 p.m. and the police recorded over 400 calls within the first three hours - luckily there were no.

consequences for the infrastructure

The damage is sometimes devastating. Part of the roof of a production hall collapsed, which led to a destruction of the sprinkler system. The Paderborn hospital was also not spared: penetrating water caused by the elevator. "There is something", many residents could say in view of the damage. The university site was also affected because numerous facilities were damaged.

But also in other parts of NRW, the effects of the storm were noticeable. In Detmold, the fire brigade mastered five missions for fallen trees, and the police in Bielefeld took care of two weather -related incidents on the A3 motorway. In Gymnich in the Rhein-Erft district there was a lightning strike that set fire to a house roof, but luckily no injuries were recorded here.

Paderborn: suspected tornado in Altenbeken

The message about a possible tornado that makes the round is particularly exciting. RP-Online reports that… eyewitnesses from Altenbeken reports that is currently being checked by the German Weather Service. This could complicate the image of the storm even further and lead to new findings.

With a view to the weather in the new week, citizens can hopes for an improvement. The forecasts indicate cheerful to cloudy days that temperatures could reach up to 29 degrees. After such a turbulent weekend, however, quiet days are more than welcome.