BERLIN (AP) — High winds and rain hit northern Germany on Thursday, killing one person, shutting down major train lines and grounding some planes.
In Lower Saxony, a man, 50, was killed near the town of Uelzen, south of Hamburg, when his car was hit by a falling tree branch, the dpa news agency reported.
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn had to shut down several lines in the north of the country after strong winds blew trees and branches onto the tracks and caused other problems.
Deutsche Bahn shut the well-traveled Hamburg-Berlin, Hamburg-Hannover, Bremen-Hannover and Hannover-Wolfsburg-Berlin lines. A couple of hours later, it said that the Hamburg-Berlin and Hannover-Berlin lines were open again but delays should be expected.
