Overview
- Late Friday into Saturday the first storm, Luise, moved across western Germany and triggered dozens of fire‑service callouts to clear fallen trees and secure roads in cities such as Gladbeck, Witten and Hattingen.
- Early Saturday morning a roughly 70‑metre wind turbine in Weeze (Wemb) collapsed between about 03:00 and 04:00 with no injuries reported and local authorities opening an investigation into the cause and possible fluid leaks.
- The Deutscher Wetterdienst has issued county‑level, time‑bound warnings across hundreds of districts with the strongest alerts for orkanartige (storm‑force) gusts on the North Sea coast and snow of about 1–5 cm above roughly 1,200–1,500 m in the Alps.
- A second deep low, Manja (also called Boelo), reached Germany overnight into Sunday and is expected to renew heavy rain, storm‑force coastal gusts and continued transport disruptions including rail and ferry services.
- Authorities advise securing loose outdoor objects, avoiding forests and exposed high ground, and watching DWD county warnings as emergency crews continue clearances and infrastructure checks that may highlight vulnerabilities in older wind turbines and local drainage systems.