Museums in Berlin flooded! A million liters of water on the streets of Germany! Hotels under water!

Basements were flooded, trees were downed on public roads, and police reported several traffic accidents involving hydroplaning. Firefighters reported that rainwater was flowing from fields and meadows into streets, houses and basements. a level 1 storm warning on a scale that rises to four is in effect for most of Germany, with a level 2, 3 or 4 warning for parts of eastern and southern Berlin. schools in Germany's most populous country will be closed due to severe storm warnings. North Rhine-Westphalia's education minister ordered students to stay at home to avoid being “in the eye of the storm.“ Yvonne Gebauer also urged parents to leave their children in kindergarten at home if possible. Germany's national weather service warned that the storm, which is approaching from the northwest, could produce gusts of up to 120 kilometers per hour.