The second major storm to hit Germany in days is approaching over the North Sea and is expected to bring gusts of up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour) and more in some regions on Friday. Storm Zeynep already raged in southwestern England and south Wales early in the day under the international name of Eunice, triggering a rare "red warning" in some areas, including London the first time such an alert has been given for the capital since the warning system was introduced in 2011. High winds caused the South Central England Ambulance Service to declare a "critical incident" as a result of demand for its services. Where will the storm hit? The storm is forecast to hit the northern half of Germany from midday local time on Friday, with the area around the mouth of the Elbe River in Hamburg particularly affected. Storm tide warnings have been issued for the region. The German Weather Service (DWD) says Zeynep will then move eastward during the night, with high-speed gusts from the Baltic Sea to the eastern state of Brandenburg. The storm is expected to calm down by morning, though fairly strong winds will remain throughout Saturday.By Friday afternoon, the neighboring Netherlands had reported extensive damage to a soccer stadium in The Hague, as well as two deaths from falling trees. Parts of the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony are all expected to be affected. Residents have been warned to bring to safety any objects that could be blown away, including flower boxes on balconies. Germany's national train operator Deutsche Bahn said it was halting long-distance and regional services in the north of the country on Friday due to the approaching storm. The halt to regional services affected Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Bremen, as well as parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, and was set to start on some lines at 2 p.m. Zeynep comes on the heels of storm Ylenia, known as Dudley in international nomenclature, which caused at least three deaths and considerable disruption to transport in some regions of Germany from Wednesday evening into Thursday. Two of the fatalities occurred when falling trees crushed cars, and another driver was killed when his trailer was blown onto the wrong side of the road, causing an accident. The deaths took place in the states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.