Wow, what a storm! I've never experienced anything like that before in my life. Germany, like most of the other countries in Northern and Central Europe, was a total mess yesterday. The railway system had been shut down, school children were sent home, fallen trees all over the place, some regions lost power, turned over trucks and cars on the streets and autobahns, destroyed buildings and bridges, and 10 deaths in Germany so far, 29 in Europe. That was, as far as I know, the first time that our entire country was affected by a storm, not only particular regions as usual.
As I already said in my previous comments, my partner got nearly hit by a falling tree on his way back home yesterday, it missed him only by inches. It took both of us quite a while to get over the shock, as you can imagine.
Fortunately the worst is over now and the state of emergency in Berlin has been lifted. I couldn't find anything new about Austria, Switzerland and Poland, but I hope you are all safe too.
To give you an idea how it looked like in Europe yesterday I added some pictures.
France:
England:
Netherlands:
Germany:
Berlin Station:
Take care!
