Germany was the worst affected country, with high winds between 4 and 6 October causing severe damage, including in and around Berlin.

At noon, the storm had reached the northern German states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein and swept across Saxony-Anhalt and the southern parts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the afternoon.

[4] The population in Germany was warned through the 'NINA' smartphone app published by the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance.

In Berlin, journalist and author Sylke Tempel was killed by a falling tree, four persons died under similar circumstances in Brandenburg and one fatality occurred in Hamburg.

A regional train hit a tree on the tracks near Bělá (Semily District) and some railway lines had to be closed completely.