Violent storm about Berlin: a dead, injured people and chaos!

Violent thunderstorms with hurricane-like gusts and storms in Oder-Spree and Brandenburg on June 26, 2025. S-Bahn traffic severely impaired.
Violent thunderstorms with hurricane-like gusts and storms in Oder-Spree and Brandenburg on June 26, 2025. S-Bahn traffic severely impaired. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Violent storm about Berlin: a dead, injured people and chaos!

The weather forecast for June 26, 2025 shows a violent storm in Berlin and Brandenburg, which is already threatening this afternoon. According to Tagesspiegel at around 5:30 p.m. strong thunderstorms and hurricane gusts could break up up to 110 km/h above the region. The warnings of the German Weather Service (DWD) begin from 4.30 p.m. for the south of Brandenburg and include a variety of possible weather phenomena, including heavy rain and hail.

In the affected counties-including Elbe-Elster, Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oder-Spree and Spree-Neisse-caution is required. The cities of Frankfurt/Oder and Cottbus are also affected. In the western Brandenburg, the storms are active from 5 p.m., especially in Potsdam and Havelland. The meteorologists had already warned of possible storms in Berlin in the morning.

how difficult the storms can strike

The dangers of the gusts should not be underestimated. Branches could break off and overturn trees how tragically already happened in Berlin on Monday when a tree fell on a car and a 55-year-old woman was killed. S-Bahn traffic was stopped in the city for hours, and regional and long-distance trains were not untouched by the effects of the storm that achieved a top speed of 108 km/h in the Free University of Berlin.

The DWD still warns of the high wind strengths. The strongest gusts were measured in Tempelhof, where over 100 km/h were also reached. Despite the dramatic weather conditions, cooling is predicted overnight, but the wind remains moderate to weak.

The coming days - between thunderstorms and sun

For the rest of the weekend, the weather forecast shows a pleasant turn: According to the DWD, the temperatures start at a maximum of 24 degrees on Friday, and on weekends the meteorologists expect average maximum values ​​between 26 and 30 degrees, which could make the weather a summer experience, even if there could still be a few clouds.

Such a change in the weather, the meteorologists explain through the current circumstances in the troposphere, where weather -determining processes take place. The weather is not just a fleeting moment, but an interplay of many physical and chemical phenomena, which have an impact on people and the environment, such as the DetailsOrtOder-Spree, DeutschlandQuellen