Overview
- Meteorological investigators and the Tornado Research Project (WTINFO) say the storm that moved across western and central Germany on Wednesday night into Thursday produced several tornadoes, including a strong F3 tornado over Schlitz/Ützhausen.
- The German weather service (DWD) confirmed a tornado swept through the Großraum Wetzlar area, with about 60 houses damaged in the Münchholzhausen neighborhood.
- Solms borough officials say at least a dozen homes were hit, three were severely damaged, several residents are in temporary accommodation, and the mayor estimates local losses in the millions of euros.
- A separate DWD-confirmed tornado in Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg, killed at least one person and injured others after a falling tree struck people and buildings.
- Authorities caution that cleaning up, distinguishing tornado damage from broader storm impacts, and final insurance tallies will take weeks; the DWD notes German tornadoes are hard to predict and official records likely undercount real events.