Severe weather warning in NRW: Thunderstorms and heavy rain threaten the weekend!
Severe weather warning in NRW: Thunderstorms and heavy rain threaten the weekend!
on the weekend of June 14th and 15th, 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia was hit by violent storms, which led to numerous operations of the fire brigade and damage. On the hottest day of the year, June 14th, the temperatures rose to 34 degrees. But the joy of summer could quickly give way to the horror of a storm. The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned in advance, and the alarm reports soon became a reality. The fire brigade Paderborn recorded over 191 missions, as a basement ran fully and even collapsed the roof of a production hall, such as [Wa.de] (https://www.wa.de/nordrhein-westfalen/starkregen-in-ueber flooding-throat-es-drohen-unwetter-witter-und-93784835.html) reported.
The severe weather warnings were initially concentrated on parts of the West, but then also captured the east and south of Germany. Heavy thunderstorms and heavy rain up to 40 liters per square meter were announced within a short time. The weather situation, which is to be classified as serious from the DWD, also pointed out possible hailstones of up to 3 cm and gusts of wind with speeds of up to 100 km/h. These predictions confirmed the severe thunderstorms, which moved many regions on Saturday night, such as Zeit.de.
pictures of the damage
Fortunately, despite the severe storms, serious injuries failed to materialize. There was damage on the university site in Paderborn, but the material losses are easy to endure compared to human suffering. The effects of the extreme weather conditions were also evident in other cities such as Delmenhorst and Ravensburg. The weekend was not the only one affected by NRW; It was already the third violent storm within two weeks. At the beginning of June, two strong thunderstorms caused unnecessary stress, festivals had to be broken off and an aircraft even had to be left in Memmingen.climate change as a teammate
The frequency of such extreme weather events is increasingly associated with global warming, according to a study by the DWD. According to the DWD, the rate of violent weather events in Germany has increased, especially heat waves and heavy rain. Less strict frosts are increasingly shaped by the weather, although the possibility of cool temperatures does not completely disappear, but decreases greatly, such as dwd.de. The forecasts show that the probabilities for extreme temperatures that exceed 30 degrees Celsius will increase sharply in the coming years.
This is how it can be said that the weather will be in summer in the next few days. With temperatures around 22 degrees in the north and even up to 29 degrees in the south, summer will take a positive turn for many in NRW - provided the weather does not make an unexpected swivel again. Let us be surprised!
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