Overview
- Germany’s weather service maintains high-level alerts for a dangerous glaze-ice setup on Monday with risk persisting into Tuesday in parts of the country.
- North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen closed schools or switched to distance learning, with additional localized decisions reported elsewhere.
- Deutsche Bahn reduced top speeds on high‑speed corridors Hannover–Frankfurt, Wolfsburg–Berlin and Köln–Frankfurt and is skipping Braunschweig and Hildesheim on Berlin–Frankfurt ICE services, warning of delays despite a stable morning start.
- Around 100 flights were canceled at Frankfurt Airport as freezing rain made roads treacherous, slowed traffic on several autobahns and led to some accidents in western regions, while winter services worked continuously.
- Authorities urged people to avoid nonessential travel, with the ADAC advising drivers to stay off the roads where possible, as conditions are expected to ease midweek with milder temperatures.