Declaration of emergency in some areas of Germany due to devastating floods
| Floods and devastating storms in parts of Germany have created alarming conditions and have led to the declaration of a state of emergency in some areas. |
The report continues: The storm continues in large parts of the Federal Republic of Germany, and heavy rains are accompanied by strong thunderstorms, especially in the center and east. . The German Meteorological Service (DWD) has reported on this in its X account. In Baden-Württemberg the weather has largely calmed down, but the effects are still causing problems for emergency services.
A number of towns have been submerged and the situation is even worse in the state of Bavaria. After a dam breaks in the Augsburg region, a disaster is unfolding in five regions and entire regions have to be closed and evacuated. The regional office in Augsburg announced that it is no longer enough to go to higher floors.
The critical situation around Augsburg continues. According to the regional administration, despite the emergency efforts, the broken dam has created bad conditions in this area. People had to be rescued from their homes by helicopter in Fischbach in the area around the dam. They say that otherwise they could not have left. Boats were also used to help trapped residents for hours.
There is no help for emergency services in many parts of the south. A state of emergency has been established around Augsburg since this morning, and the regional authorities have declared a disaster in three neighboring areas. There is concern that water levels may rise sharply.
Heavy rain has been falling in the southern half of Germany for hours. In the area between Munich and Stuttgart, the severe weather map by the German Weather Service (DWD) continues to glow purple. According to this service, it threatens the lives of residents. People in Baden-Württemberg have to be rescued by boat.
The storm has abated somewhat on the edge of the Alps, but the rain and thunder front has reached Thuringia, Lower Saxony, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
Meanwhile, the first storm clouds are also gathering in the east. The DWD has raised the alert level from 1 to 2 along the Czech-German border and around Dresden. Heavy showers and thunderstorms are predicted from noon onwards, and the danger continues.
The fear of a flood of the century has come true in an area in Bavaria. Meteorologists warn that more may occur. However, specific predictions are difficult in these conditions.
The German Weather Service (DWD) advises residents to avoid spending time outdoors. Among other things, you have been warned that power outages may occur in the affected areas.
The neighboring region of Augsburg is on alert. Although the situation is not as severe as in Günzburg, it has been declared a disaster due to rising water levels. DWD’s highest severe weather warning remains in effect for large parts of Bavaria.
Early Saturday morning it was clear that the storm would continue over large parts of Bavaria until Monday evening. Meteorologist Jörg Kechelmann reported on this in his X account. The German Meteorological Service (DWD) has issued the highest severe weather warning for several regions in southern Germany.
The DWD also announced that there is currently “a major risk to life due to massive flooding and high levels of There is water.” Landslides cannot be ruled out and there is also the risk of being trapped by high volumes of water. In some rivers, such as the Danube in Bavaria, water is already overflowing its banks. The DWD warns that roads may be flooded and therefore impassable.
Evacuation of several villages is currently being prepared in the Unterallgäu region and people are advised to voluntarily evacuate their homes now. leave.
Continuous rain continues in significant amounts in southern Germany. In Sigmarzel, Swabia, in the Lindau district, it rained about 128 liters per square meter in one day. According to a meteorologist from the German Weather Service (DWD), five other cities in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg also received more than 100 liters of rain per square meter by early Saturday morning.
In some places, already People have been asked to leave their homes. Previously, residents were advised to take their valuables out of the basement and ground floor as a precaution and if possible, not to go into the basement of their homes.
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