Berlin: Tornado in the port city of Germany Kiel has hurt several people, four of them seriously, said the authorities.
The city firefighting service said dozens of respondents were first involved in an operation to save a group of rowers surprised by Twisters Wednesday while being swept along the edge of the Baltic sea.
Videos posted on social media showed trees that were removed and chairs and other objects were sucked into the air by the Waterspout which was formed at around 6pm.
(1600 GMT; 12 P.M.
EDT).
The DPA German news agency on Thursday quoted an official at the country’s national weather agency DWD said the tornado was likely not too strong, but could cause significant damage more if it had reached the city center than the area which was mostly unpopular.
There are around 20 to 60 tornadoes every year in Germany, according to the European weather database.