Flooding on Lake Constance after storms

Fire and flooded cellar - Flooding on Lake Constance after storms

Due to an intense thunderstorm, streets in Oberteuringen, Bodenseekreis have been flooded and several basements have filled up. A police spokesperson further stated that it had rained and thundered heavily in the Ravensburg region for approximately two hours on Wednesday morning. The spokesperson could not provide precise damage information at first.

According to their reports, a lightning strike set the roof of a house on fire in Vogt near Ravensburg. The fire department responded to a larger operation and extinguished the fire. The police spokesperson reported no injuries.

The "Swabian Newspaper" reported power outages in the southern part of the city Ravensburg. A spokesperson for the city could not make any statements about this at first.

1. The storm front had also impacted the Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg, causing similar flooding issues in some areas.
2. The thunderstorm, which occurred in the Ravensburg region, lasted around two hours on Wednesday morning and brought torrential rain.
3. The weather service predicts more storms in the coming days, particularly near Lake Constance.
4. Residents of Oberteuringen, a town in the Lake Constance district, have been advised by the police to stay indoors due to the ongoing flooding.
5. It was later revealed that the flooding in the Lake Constance district was partially due to the heavy rain from the thunderstorm, which also caused power outages in some areas of Ravensburg.

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