Overview
- The German Weather Service kept severe ice alerts in force across the east on Tuesday morning, with easing expected by late morning and a risk of localized refreezing into the night.
- Berlin reported an elevated incident load: the Unfallkrankenhaus said its emergency department is "maximally strained," police recorded 62 crashes overnight, and ice slowed parts of bus, tram and U‑Bahn operations.
- Bavaria saw major accidents on sheet‑ice roads, including a roughly 20‑vehicle pileup near Lichtenfels that injured 13 people and multiple A9 crashes near Bayreuth that temporarily shut the motorway.
- Austria’s ÖBB warned of ice accretion on rolling stock, switches and overhead lines from Salzburg through Upper Austria to the east, expecting delays and cancellations in local, long‑distance and freight traffic.
- Authorities advised avoiding nonessential travel, and the Red Cross blood service reported critically low supplies in Berlin and Brandenburg after weather and illness cut donations.