Berlin Hauptbahnhof, facade detail
Part of the facade where two steel beams were torn loose during European windstorm Kyrill on 18 January 2007, one of them dropping down onto the pavement and the other impacting with and damaging a third beam. The station had suffered some flooding and been evacuated due to the complete cancellation of train service in Germany. Consequently, nobody was injured and the station was cleared for reopening the following day. The beams had not been welded or bolted in place but laid down like shelves in a bookcase. In the next days extra lugs were welded to the remaining beams to secure them in place and the station declared stormproof on 23 January. Photo taken in April 2007. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)