A powerful storm with strong winds and rain hit the northeastern United States, causing power outages in tens of thousands of homes, leading to more than 250 canceled flights at Boston Airport and the cancellation of events such as the Global Citizen Festival in New York and Ed Sheeran concerts near Boston.
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The storm brought strong winds with gusts exceeding 50 mph (80 km/h) and heavy rain, causing flooding and power outages.
Flooded streets, power outages, canceled flights: a violent storm is moving across the northeastern United States with strong winds and rain. Tens of thousands of people were without power in several US states on Saturday (local time). In New York alone, 35,000 households were affected by power outages, according to the website poweroutage.com.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul had declared a state of emergency for some districts as a precautionary measure before the storm hit. She warned on Saturday (local time) of “extremely dangerous conditions” along the coast due to high waves and flooding. Winds with gusts of over 80 kilometers per hour were measured in New York, said Hochul.
Canceled flights, canceled concerts
Numerous cancellations and delays were reported in air traffic. According to data from the flight portal “Flightaware”, more than 250 flights were canceled at Boston Airport in the US state of Massachusetts alone on Saturday morning.
In view of the storm, organizers canceled several concerts with world stars planned for the weekend. Among other things, the Global Citizen Festival, which has taken place every year in Central Park in New York since 2012, has been canceled for the first time in its history, the organizers announced. Two planned concerts by pop star Ed Sheeran near Boston were also canceled due to the weather.
Preparations are being made in Hawaii and Mexico for hurricanes Nolo and Polo. Nolo is stationary south of Hawaii with winds of 100 mph (165 km/h), while Polo is heading toward the Baja California Peninsula at 155 mph (250 km/h). The US government has approved federal aid for Hawaii, and Mexico has mobilized over 1,200 soldiers and 170 emergency shelters. The unusual hurricane season is influenced by the climate phenomenon El Niño.
Summer weather is expected in Germany at the weekend with temperatures of up to 31 degrees, especially in the southwest. Extreme weather conditions are also evident in Spain and Greece: heat in Spain, storms and rain in Greece. The DWD attributes the heat to the particularly hot and dry summer of 2026.
At the weekend the weather in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein will be friendlier and milder with highs between 17 and 22 degrees. On Friday it will remain clear to cloudy and dry. On Saturday night there will be a few clouds and it may rain slightly. Saturday will start off cloudy with a possible light rain, but will clear up and stay dry as the day progresses. Sunday night will be free of precipitation with possible fog. After the fog clears up, it will be friendly and dry again at the end of the week.
In Baden-Württemberg, mild late summer weather is expected on Saturday with temperatures of up to 26 degrees in the Rhine Valley and predominantly blue skies. Sunday will initially remain friendly with temperatures between 23 and 28 degrees, before rain and stronger winds arrive later. At the start of the week it will be changeable with sun in the southwest and cool night temperatures between 4 and 9 degrees.
Storm front moves across southern Germany. In Freiburg there are at least three people injured by falling trees and barriers. In Ostallgäu, a regional train derailed after colliding with a tree.
In Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, the weather will be changeable on Wednesday with variable to very cloudy skies, showers and isolated thunderstorms that can be strong locally. The maximum values are around 19 degrees. On Thursday night the temperatures will drop to up to 8 degrees inland. On Thursday it will initially be cloudy with showers, then drier. On Friday, rain will come from the North Sea, with temperatures up to 21 degrees in Hamburg. It will also remain changeable on Saturday with sun, clouds and a few showers.