Sturmchaos in Hamm: Fire brigade with over 30 missions required!

in Hamm were registered on Monday, January 6, 2025, numerous operations by the fire brigade due to a strong storm. According to reports, the storm led to around 30 missions, which took place until the early evening. At 6 p.m. there were still 12 missions, among other things to remove trees of streets, to secure a lack of roof cladding and to clear down down telephone lines.

Special occurrences occurred on Fangstrasse, where a tree had fallen on a house. The technical relief organization (THW) was on site to clarify the resident's living situation. The fire brigade was also able to carry out important security measures on a sports boat on the Datteln-Hamm channel, which had torn itself. No injuries were reported.

storm warnings and storm damage

The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned of “heavy gusts of wind” in Hamm, which could reach up to 85 km/h. In exposed locations, gusts of up to 95 km/h were possible. This warning was until 8 p.m., and even after the wind speeds were decreasing at night, the warning of wind gusts remained until 2 a.m. As a result, there were several storm damage, including kinked garbage cans, fences and self -employed Christmas trees.

The fire brigade was in use in several places: in Holtkamp a tree fell onto the road, roof tiles threatened to fall down on Uphofstrasse, and the Becker Weg was closed due to a overturned tree. In addition, a tree fell into a garden on Karl-Mosterts-Straße. A section of the old Uentroper Weg in Haaren had to be blocked due to falling branches. The DWD also referred to the possibility of hurricane gusts of up to 110 km/h, especially near the shower and exposed locations. The DWD's behavior notices included, the scaffolding and free -standing objects and pay attention to falling objects.