Pour. Storm have caused more than 100 fire brigade operations in and around Gießen. According to an expert from the German Weather Services (DWD), there were severe thunderstorms and heavy heavy rain on Friday evening, especially south of the city. It is said to have rained 50 liters per square meter in a few hours. According to the meteorologist, the southeastern part of Gießen was also affected. The Hessische Rundfunk (HR) had previously reported. According to a spokesman for the control center, rescue workers had 108 missions in the city and in the district of Gießen – mostly basements had been full, and lightning in a residential building had broken in. Furthermore, a street was flooded in the urban area. A basement was also flooded in a police office building, said a police spokesman. There the water stood there at night, but the officials were still ready for use, it said. The fire brigade pumped the basement, the technology is currently being checked. “Within two hours, it poured heavily violently here,” said the police spokesman. In the north of the city there was nothing of the storm. If DWD, heavy rain and thunderstorms sounded after 9:30 p.m., the rest of the night was mostly dry in the region. In other areas of Hesse, there were temporarily heavy rain, but storms none. (dpa)
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