Weather - Storms across the country: streets and cellars under water
Dark clouds over Lake Constance, Lightning flashes in the popular holiday region and heavy rain is flooding streets, cellars, and even an entire camping site: Storms hit the Bodensee and Oberschwaben regions on Wednesday and later also the areas around Stuttgart, leaving the emergency services no rest. Reports of heavy rain were also coming from the northern part of the country. The fire departments were reportedly in constant operation.
The region around Markdorf in the Bodenseekreis was particularly affected. There, the fire department evacuated a camping site. According to their reports, around 200 campers were affected, no one was injured. The water was between 10 and 50 centimeters deep, as a fire department spokesperson reported.
People were rescued from the flooded area using a bulldozer and Unimog. It had rained intensely for an hour. The campers were able to return to the site later. Many likely gathered together, as the spokesperson assumed, because the site was not usable at first.
In Oberteuringen (Bodenseekreis), streets were flooded, cellars were filled. Around Ravensburg, it rained and thundered heavily for around two hours on Wednesday morning. The spokeswoman did not provide precise damage information at first.
In Singen, several underpasses were closed. In Vogt near Ravensburg, a lightning strike set the roof of a house on fire. The fire department was called to a larger firefighting operation. No one was injured, according to the police.
Power outages were reported in the southern part of the city of Ravensburg by the "Swabian Newspaper". In Friedrichshafen, the fire department distributed sandbags in the Bunkhofen district, which lies directly on the Rotach river. They were able to withdraw later, according to the city's statement, because the situation improved.
Further north around the state capital, the poor summer weather caused chaos - on the rails as well as among football fans. A short circuit between Ludwigsburg and Backnang caused disruptions on the S-Bahn line S4, as the operator reported on the short message service X. Between Ebersbach/Fils and Goppingen, the railway section was closed for train traffic. Delays and partial failures were possible, the German Railways announced.
Football fans in Stuttgart had to briefly fear for their enjoyment during the evening matches for the Football European Championship in the Stuttgart city center. But after the temporary evacuation of the fan zones for the Football European Championship in the Stuttgart city center, the police gave the all-clear on the platform X in the middle of the Wednesday afternoon. "All fan zones are open again," they reported. "We thank you for your patience and look forward to your visit." The fans on the Market Square and the Karlsplatz were previously asked to seek shelter in buildings due to bad weather.
Creeks and rivers overflowed in the Rems-Murr-District and the Ludwigsburg District, several centimeters deep water stood on several road intersections, for example in Berglen, Winnenden, Burgstetten, Schorndorf and Miedelsbach. The fire department reported several interventions, for example one from the fields causing a mudslide in the Wolfsölden area of Affalterbach.
Trees also blocked the road between Sinsheim and Weiler, and according to the police, trees were also falling in the Neckar-Odenwald-District.
Beyond the border, the weather had already caused flooding in Basel, Geneva and the Waadt canton at Lake Geneva on Tuesday evening. In the Basel-Landschaft canton south of Basel city, the police received several hundred reports of flooded basements, power outages and other water damage. In the canton of Waadt, the fire department was called out more than 200 times. In the city of Morges, the namesake river caused flooding, which the police reported was statistically unlikely to occur even once every hundred years. No one was injured. By Wednesday, the situation in Switzerland had calmed down.
- The storm in Upper Swabia, particularly around Markdorf, flooded streets, cellars, and a camping site, forcing the fire department to evacuate the affected campers.
- The fire department in Oberschwaben regions was in constant operation, dealing with heavy rain and flooding in areas like Oberteuringen and Ravensburg.
- In Ravensburg, a house caught fire due to a lightning strike, prompting a response from the fire department.
- Power outages were reported in the southern part of Ravensburg city, forcing the closure of several underpasses.
- In Ludwigsburg, a short circuit on the S-Bahn line S4 caused disruptions, while train traffic was closed between Ebersbach/Fils and Goppingen due to poor weather.
- Football fans in Stuttgart had to temporarily evacuate fan zones during the evening matches for the Football European Championship due to bad weather.
- Creeks and rivers overflowed in the Rems-Murr-District and the Ludwigsburg District, causing several centimeters of water to stand on road intersections.
- Beyond the border, storms had already caused flooding in Basel, Geneva, and the Waadt canton at Lake Geneva, prompting numerous responses from local authorities.
