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On Friday, May 20, a tornado touched down in the German town of Paderbornlocated in the west of the country. The toll is heavy, with one dead and at least 60 injured, and theimpressive damage. It will take millions of euros to rebuild everything.
Winds over 200 km/h. Surprised by the violence of the tornado, Germans urgently tried to close the door of their garage. Of never seen for the inhabitants of Paderborna city in western Germany. They film the disaster on their mobile phone. “The windows are all broken, the roofs are blown off and the trees are completely uprooted“says a man.
Saturday, May 21 in the morning, the city of 250,000 inhabitants is devastated : torn roofs, a devastated city center. Nothing foreshadowed this catastrophe. The winds have also ravaged the city of Lippstadtlocated about thirty kilometers away. The tornado injured 60 people, ten of them seriously. A man has died. Firefighters are still active. “All the buildings here have no roofs, the windows are broken. It looks like a disaster area“, reports Jens Kniesburgesspokesperson for the fire department of Paderborn. According to the local authorities, millions of euros will be needed to rebuild everything.
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