Germany is ready to evacuate! The strongest storm hit the country 17 February 2022!

Germany is ready to evacuate! The strongest storm hit the country 17 February 2022! The German weather service on Wednesday issued the second-highest severe weather warning for all of northern and eastern Germany as the country prepares for Storm Ylenia. Storm Ylenia is expected to bring hurricane force gusts with wind speeds up to 120 kilometers per hour in parts of Germany. “This is a wind speed that we don’t see in the lowlands that are so widespread every year,“ said meteorologist Adrian Leiser. Some federal states such as North Rhine-Westphalia and the Saarland have already announced school closures or allowing students to stay at home on Thursday, while Germany’s state rail operator Deutsche Bahn has warned of disruptions to train services due to severe weather. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency warned on Wednesday that there is a risk of storm surge along Germany’s North Sea coast as the tide could be up to two meters above normal. Because gusts of wind can come on very suddenly, there is “a