The storm surge on the Baltic Sea hit Schleswig-Holstein especially hard on Friday and Saturday, and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the tide had also flooded shore areas and roads. 2,000 people were brought to safety from the flood waters. The Civil Protection calculated the damage to be in the hundreds of millions. At 2.27 meters, the water level even reached a record level of the century in Flensburg.
North German agriculture seems to have escaped with a black eye. "The North Sea coast has not been hit as hard as the Baltic region, but all the rain is making it almost impossible to harvest our cabbage vegetables at the moment," said a producer in the Dithmarschen district, summarizing the situation succinctly. He does not yet have any concrete information on property damage or crop losses.
On the island of Fehmarn, just outside Kiel and Lübeck, there was a first fatality on Saturday. "There was no significant damage at our place personally, but otherwise the storm really destroyed a lot here, for example at the beaches and campsites," says a vegetable producer who mainly produces cabbage vegetables.
Not only in Schleswig-Holstein, but also in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there was heavy rainfall over the weekend. However, this did not lead to any significant problems, not even in local traffic, reports a Rostock vegetable wholesaler. "Compared to parts of Schleswig-Holstein as well as the island of Rügen, we came off lightly."