Heavy snowfall and accidents in western and southwestern Germany | EUROtoday

As of: February 16, 2026 2:26 a.m

A low foothills with generally heavy snowfall is spreading throughout Germany from the west. The first accidents on slippery, snow-covered roads are reported from Saarland and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Winter has returned on Rose Monday – with snow, rain and the chance of slippery situations, because the German Weather Service introduced. During the night time snowfall initially unfold from the west and southwest to across the Elbe. By morning the snow is anticipated to have reached the northeast. At the identical time, the wind is selecting up from the southwest, and stormy gusts are attainable at increased altitudes.

According to the police, there have been remoted accidents attributable to snow and ice within the Ruhr space and the Lower Rhine. Three folks have been injured in an accident within the Kleve district. Accidents attributable to slippery snow have been additionally reported within the Bergisches Land, Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.

Snow chaos on Autobahn 8

Further south, on the A8 between Merzig in Saarland and Luxembourg, a thick blanket of snow shortly shaped. Traffic virtually got here to a standstill for a stretch of 20 kilometers. The Saarland police warned nationwide about slippery roads and several other damaged down automobiles. On some sections of the route the scenario solely slowly eased after a number of hours.