Following severe storms and flooded roads and basements in several German regions on Sunday, the country is forecast to get tropical-like weather this week.
Thunderstorms across western Germany on Wednesday night left one woman dead, as well as streets and basements flooded, while lightning strikes started fires in other places.
Six people have now been confirmed dead in flash floods that hit the far southeast of the country on Wednesday evening, while rescue teams search for further missing people.
The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued a weather warning for the north and east of the country, after the west and south took a battering over the weekend.
At least three people have lost their lives as extreme weather, including flash floods, hail storms and lightning storms wreaked havoc in southern Germany on Sunday evening.
If you feel like you are an unlucky person by nature you probably want to avoid Cottbus. A study released on Wednesday shows that the old wisdom that lightning never strikes twice is far from true in the town near the Polish border.
Severe storms have caught parts of western Germany off guard, killing six people and causing millions of euros worth of damage as well as travel delays. But what is causing the unpredictable weather?
A violent thunderstorm swept through Germany on Thursday night, uprooting trees, flooding houses and causing massive transport disruption. An elderly man died when his basement flooded, while several more people were injured.
Three women are dead and a fourth is fighting for her life after being struck by lightning on a golf course near the central German city of Korbach late on Friday afternoon.
