(Bloomberg) -- A tornado tore through thenortheast of Hamburg on Tuesday evening, blowing off the roofs ofseveral buildings, uprooting dozens of trees and damaging cars anda power line as storms that have raged across Europe this monthcontinued to reap destruction.

More than 1,000 firefighters, police and other emergencypersonnel worked from the evening hours until early on Wednesday toclear fallen trees and roof tiles off the streets and eliminatehazards at more than 250 sites along the twister’s 500-meter(1,640-foot) path through the city, which is home to Germany’sbiggest port.

“In one street, the whirlwind knocked down more than 50 hugetrees,” said Jan Ole Unger, a spokesman at the Hamburg firedepartment. A power line had to be switched off after being hit bya tree, temporarily cutting electricity for some households in thearea. “It’s a miracle that nobody was hurt or killed,” saidUnger.