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Three people were seriously injured in the storm that's been lashing the country with high winds, forcing major travel disruption.
Two women were badly hurt by a falling tree in SaarbrĂŒcken on the French border, with one of them receiving life-threatening injuries, police said overnight, reported AFP.
Further north in Paderborn, a 16-year-old boy was hit on the head by a falling branch.
Weather forecasters said winds of up to 170 kilometres per hour had hit mountainous areas.
These photos and tweets show some of the scenes across Germany. All photos are by DPA news agency unless stated otherwise.
Here's a close up of the tree that crashed onto a car in Hamburg.
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Police in Paderborn tweeted to say fallen trees were blocking some roads.
Bitte damit rechnen, dass die #Sperrungen der genannten Strecken andauern werden. Zahlreiche #BĂ€ume könnten durch das durch den #Regen naĂe Erdreich umstĂŒrzen. So an der L763 zwischen Kleinenberg und Willebadessen. Bleiben Sie vorsichtig, meiden Sie Waldgebiete und BĂ€ume. #Sabine pic.twitter.com/hrgKkItiTc
â Polizei NRW PB (@polizei_nrw_pb) February 10, 2020
This video shows torrential rain and wind near Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Hello there! #Sabine pic.twitter.com/4Q3FSpHsg3
â Visesh (@Visesh_Boss) February 10, 2020
High waters in FĂŒssen, Bavaria.
The city council in OsnabrĂŒck tweeted a video showing hailstones.
#Sabine sorgte mit #Hagel fĂŒr Abwechslung. Das Fenster zu öffnen, war ein mutiger Akt investigativer Wetterrecherche. Das #BĂŒro war danach nass. Passt auch heute gut auf euch auf. pic.twitter.com/touisd9vBx
â Stadt OsnabrĂŒck (@StadtOsnabrueck) February 10, 2020
In Dortmund, this golden retriever felt the force of the wind on the morning walk.
Rescue services have been working through the night.
Orkantief "Sabine" sorgt auch weiterhin fĂŒr vereinzelte EinsĂ€tze im Stadtgebiet. In Neustadt stĂŒrzte ein Baum auf ein parkendes Auto. Alarmierte Feuerwehrleute rĂŒckten am Montagvormittag aus und berĂ€umten den Einsatzort. Am Fahrzeug entstand Sachschaden. #sturmtief #sabine #halle pic.twitter.com/JYxBzM6KOl
â TV Halle (@TVHalle) February 10, 2020
A portable toilet was blown over in Rattelsdorf, Bavaria. No one was in it at the time, thankfully.
A construction crane at Frankfurt cathedral crashed into a roof causing major damage.
Lots of people faced train cancellations.
My 7:00 am train got canceled bc of ?â???âïž #Sabine
â Mari NV (ĐĐ°ŃĐž/ăăȘ) (@mari__nv) February 10, 2020
...but finally, 4+ hrs later, a train? from #Berlin to #FrankfurtamMain! Probably I still can make my meeting if no more delays pic.twitter.com/M2YzxF6HBO
Hundreds of flights were cancelled at the largest airports, including 190 in Frankfurt and 420 in Munich, news agency DPA reported. These passengers tried to sleep at Cologne Airport.
Stormy start of the week: Where #Sabine sweeps across the country, hardly any trains are running. Large parts of the air traffic and numerous roads are also affected by the #storm. #Germany #NewsDE pic.twitter.com/GRfLerQA1b
â Deutschland.de/en (@en_germany) February 10, 2020
Umbrellas have been proving useless, just like this one in Frankfurt.
In Lower Saxony, parts of the Autobahn had to be closed.
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