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Severe storm kills six in Germany

10 June 2014 19:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Severe storm swept Germany on Monday overnight, killing at least six people, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

In the capital of German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf, three people were found died under a garden shed. The rest three deaths were reported from other German cities of Essen, Cologne and Krefeld.

According to local media, squalls, lightning and hail made damage to many homes and cars in the West European country.

Interior Minister of the North Rhine-Westphalia state, Ralf Jaeger, told the press: "we must expect that the total damage amounts to a double-digit million amount."

Meanwhile, the storms in North Rhine-Westphalia also led to cancellations and delays of the trains, even the airport Dusseldorf had to cease operations for about an hour on Monday evening, due to the strong wind gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour.

Overall, the police in the state had come to help for about 5,000 times, according to the German national control center.

Moreover, Germany will still be stricken by thunderstorms in the coming days, as the forecasters expect thunderstorms in southeast of the country on Wednesday and in the south on Thursday.

On Friday, Germany will probably have overcome the worst, said the forecaster.