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Storm chaos in Western Pomerania: Fire departments in constant use during storms!
Pasewalk suffers from storm damage and power outages: fire brigade in constant use, train passengers affected. Current weather situation.
Storm chaos in Western Pomerania: Fire departments in constant use during storms!
A violent storm hit the Uecker-Randow region on Monday and Tuesday and demanded the fire brigade to its maximum. In Western Pomerania-Greifswald, the emergency services had to go on a total of 34 missions to remove fallen trees, broken branches and fallen objects. The areas of Pasewalk, Löcknitz-Penkun and Gützkow-Völschow were particularly affected, where 29 missions were recorded alone. Fortunately, there has been no major damage so far.
As was usual during the last thunderstorm, there were also smaller forest and meadow fires, which were quickly extinguished thanks to the quick reactions of the fire departments from Züsedom, Damerow and Rollwitz. A tree did fall on a power line, but had minimal impact on the power supply.
Railway operations severely affected
Rail traffic was also affected: travelers on the Regional Express 3 between Berlin, Pasewalk and Stralsund had to expect power outages and trees on the tracks. Things became particularly unpleasant for a school class whose teachers tried to contact their parents when the train left without notice. After three and a half hours without refreshments, the passengers finally received water bottles from railway employees.
“Normally the situation here is not so chaotic,” said a railway employee after the incident. But given the previous extreme weather events, this is not surprising. Scientists and organizations like Greenpeace have been warning for some time that the man-made climate crisis is increasingly affecting the weather. The Earth is getting warmer, oceans are recording record temperatures and the associated energy in the global weather system is leading to more intense storms, heavy rain and other extreme weather events, according to a recent report from Greenpeace.
Impact on agriculture
The current weather situation is also very important for agriculture. The agricultural meteorology department keeps an eye on the danger situations due to ongoing heat stress in poultry. The total heat content of the air (enthalpy) is closely monitored in order to avoid dangerous conditions in stables. The use of plant protection products containing clomazone is no longer permitted at temperatures above 25°C, which makes the planned treatment of areas more difficult.
In recent weeks there have also been reports of slight ground frost conditions, which can also affect agricultural work. This relevant information is updated daily from May to September on the website agrowetter.de in order to provide farmers with the best possible information.
Although the weather situation in Western Pomerania is expected to calm down by Thursday, a certain degree of uncertainty remains as thunderstorms are still possible. Temperatures are expected to be between 22 and 27 degrees and moderate to fresh winds are expected with local squalls during the thunderstorms. The ongoing uncertainty surrounding weather conditions makes it clear that we must not only manage the current situation, but also develop a long-term climate protection strategy to mitigate future extreme weather events.
The challenges are huge, but with a good hand and a watchful eye, the people in the region can certainly overcome these capricious weather conditions.