Stricken Tree Collapses at Hattersheim Zoo
Storm Causes Chaos in Hattersheim and Surrounding Areas
A series of severe storms swept through the towns of Hattersheim, Haibach, Bessenbach, and Weinheim in Germany, causing significant disruption and damage.
In Hattersheim, a tree fell onto a moving tram at around 16:48, blocking the path for visitors. Fortunately, no one was injured. The incident also led to the uprooting of trees in the local zoo, blocking paths for visitors. Another tree fell onto a supermarket, but details about the extent of the damage are not available.
The storm front passed over the Aschaffenburg city area and then moved towards Haibach and Bessenbach around 18:00. In Haibach, the fire department reported raised manhole covers on the street that were reset. The district was also not spared from the storm's wrath, with streets flooded up to 30 centimeters deep.
In Bessenbach, the storm caused widespread flooding, affecting several residential buildings and underpasses. Streets had to be cleared, and cellars had to be pumped out.
The district of Lützelsachsen in Weinheim was not left untouched either. Heavy rain caused flooded streets and flooded cellars in the area. However, details about the extent of the damage to the fire station in Lützelsachsen are not available. Streets in Weinheim, in the Rhein-Neckar district, also had to be cleared due to the storm.
The police suspect a strong thunderstorm with gusts caused the tree to fall onto the tram in Mannheim, but no one was injured in the incident. Trees also fell on a cemetery in Hattersheim.
The latest weather forecasts for Germany around early August 2025 show mostly hot and clear conditions with no precipitation expected, suggesting that the severe weather events were either localized or occurred prior to this forecast period.
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- In Hattersheim, a tree falling onto a moving tram disrupted transportation at around 16:48, and the storm's heavy winds also caused accidents such as trees falling onto a supermarket and the local zoo.
- The general news in the surrounding areas of Hattersheim has been dominated by reports of storm-related accidents, such as flooding in Bessenbach and Weinheim, and raised manhole covers in Haibach, in addition to the tree incidents.
