Warning of storms, intense rainfall and possible tornadoes in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany are warning that the country could experience severe storms with significant amounts of rainfall in the coming days. Germany’s national weather service, DWD, said on Wednesday that strong winds and hail are expected in the southwest, slowly moving eastward throughout the day. It also said that further storms are forecast to sweep in from neighboring France going into Thursday, with “intense or extremely intense rainfall” in some areas. The weather agency warned that locally confined tornadoes are possible. Police said a suspected twister uprooted numerous trees in Ruesselsheim, west of Frankfurt, late Tuesday.