Weernieuws In the German village of Roetgen in the Eifel just over the border in Eupen, yesterday afternoon some thirty homes have been damaged by a tornado. Ten of the houses are currently uninhabitable, a person got injuries.
From two houses, the roof was blown away by the tornado. Reports that a spokesman for the fire department. Two streets of the village are badly affected: besides damage to the homes were also several trees and street lights against the plain.
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The fear is well with the people in the German Eifelgemeente. “My husband and I have had that house built,” says a tiny woman while they went to a house in the affected area. The curtains are flapping in the wind: all the windows are blown. “My son is still not home,” she says.
Rameninstallateur Sascha Jansen shakes in disbelief his head at the sight of the devastation in the affected streets. At least twenty houses are the windows damaged by the storm and the glass is by the wind to binnengeduwd. “I have something never seen before.”
In another damaged home, there is a man waiting outside. The roof is temporarily covered. “My friend is to get help,” says Axel Cziesla. “The roof must be quickly repaired, otherwise everything is over.” A little later, for the auxiliaries there are, it begins to hagelen.
the Community will have a strong
According to mayor Jorma Klauss of Roetgen, the community together with each other: a hotel has free rooms available to those affected by the hurricane, in the local primary school is a zorgcentrumpje decorated. The fire department estimates that about thirty people on a temporary housing need, but many of them will be with family and friends.
The German weather service confirms that a storm is on the Eifel is drawn to, but can not yet say with certainty whether it is really a tornado went: that still needs to be tested. The images seem to be in any case in that direction.
