Carnival parades deleted for storm

In several German cities on Monday carnival parades in connection with the freshening gale deleted.

In Cologne the Rosenmontagszug, the highlight of the carnival celebration should, with restrictions at 10. 00 pm or start. Horses and be removed from the procession by horse-drawn carts and large figures, shields and banners may not be carried. Signboards and panels of stands must be removed as a precaution, said police and fire known.

Monday are expected gusts of more than one hundred kilometers per hour.