State of emergency in Germany, Italy and France due to flooding

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” In an article, Frankfurter Ronde Schei reported the deterioration of the situation in many areas of Germany due to floods and heavy rains and wrote: The flood situation in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate is tense and the water level has not yet reached its peak.

Many areas, especially in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, continue to struggle with flooding, the report continued. Heavy and continuous rain has caused a state of emergency.

This report continues: After heavy rains in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, of course, water slowly is decreasing The extent of the damage is not yet known. Little by little, the effects of continuous rain and flooding from Friday and Saturday are becoming apparent. The spokesperson of the Trier-Saarburg region told the German news agency that drones have been requested to receive general information from the region.

According to SRF Switzerland, heavy rain caused floods and landslides. Land has fallen in Saarland, Germany.

The media office of Saarbrucken, the capital of the state, announced on Saturday evening that emergency rescue and safety measures have been completed and the water level is still decrease Now the focus is on cleanup work. Emergency services and officials will continue to work for the next few days.

Based on current information, Friday’s severe storm brought hours of rain and flash flooding, but no deaths were reported. has not had The spokesman of the situation center said: “One person was injured during the evacuation operation.

The videos show cars standing in water, caravans stuck in flood waters and numerous flooded streets. Revealed. Buildings were poorly protected with sandbags and in some cases entire streets were under water. He assured the affected people that he would support them.

He emphasized: When the damage can be better assessed, about what should be done to help the needy. If done, we will agree.

The location center in Saarbrucken has recorded more than 3,000 police and rescue missions in the state. Police in Saarland alone recorded around 1,000 operations by early Saturday morning. In addition, according to the Saarland Ministry of the Interior, more than 2,400 dispatches have been made by fire departments and other relief organizations. It created schools and a citizen’s telephone. In Saarland’s Völklingen, streets were cut off due to rain. Neighboring cities in Rhineland-Palatinate were also affected by the continuous rain.

The storm with heavy rain also caused traffic disruptions, flooded basements and flooded town centers in the border region. France joins Germany.

Due to heavy rain, the Moselle region of Lorraine in France is still on red alert. On the border with Germany in the Bas-Rhin department around Strasbourg, there is an orange alert level, the second highest level.

The area around Saint-Avold and Sarreguemines, which are also The border with the German Saarland was particularly affected by these conditions. French Interior Minister Gérald Daronin urged residents to be aware that a red alert level has been put in place for the region. In Alsace, a number of county roads were closed due to flooding.

Northern Italy was also hit by a storm. The fire department announced that a 66-year-old man fell into a river in the town of Canto, south of Como in Lombardy, and his body was found.

The fire department had to Answer about 1000 missions in Lombardy, Italy within 48 hours. While the situation has improved in Milan, heavy rain caused flooding in Veneto. In the province of Padua, a river overflowed its banks after a dam broke. In Veneto, emergency services counted about 1,800 missions in two days. Heavy rain also occurred in Venice.

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