From the BZ editorial team
It was short, but intense. A storm swept across the capital around 7:30 p.m. early Monday evening. A Ford driver was lucky in misfortune. An S-Bahn derailed after hitting a branch.
Not only did rain fall from the sky, a strong wind also swept through the city. For some trees that was probably too much.
Dark rain clouds appear over the Berlin TV tower Photo: dpa
Several trees or branches broke off in hurricane gusts throughout the city and fell down. In some cases, entire trees were uprooted, as in the Volkspark Friedrichshain.
A fallen tree in Volkspark Friedrichshain Photo: Johannes Malinowski
It is not yet known whether people were injured in the storm. Around 200 emergency calls were made to the fire brigade.
There were also disruptions to the S-Bahn. A train ran over a branch between the Prenzlauer Allee and Schönhauser Allee stations and derailed.
Train traffic is interrupted on several routes: on the S2 between Blankenburg and Gesundbrunnen/Nordbahnhof, on the S5 between Hoppegarten and Fredersdorf and on lines S41, S42 and S8 between Pankow/Gesundbrunnen and Greifswalder Straße. Nothing runs between Adlershof and Altglienicke on the S9 and S45. The S3 only runs every 20 minutes, the S85 not, it said.
A plane tree fell onto the street on Storkower Strasse in Prenzlauer Berg Photo: Johannes Malinowski
Trees also fell in the park on Pankstrasse in Wedding. A tree fell on a Ford. Fortunately, the driver was not injured.
A tree buried this Ford in Pankstrasse. Fortunately, the driver was not injured Photo: Spreepicture
A massive tree fell over in Thurneysserstrasse, damaging two vehicles. A tree fell on a bus and bus stop on Franklinstrasse, but it is not yet known whether there were any injuries.
A tree damaged two parked vehicles on Thurneysserstraße Photo: Spreepicture
Numerous trees also fell in the zoo. The weather damage is now gradually being processed by the fire brigade.