BDue to new storms in southern and eastern Germany, the Berchtesgaden region of Upper Bavaria declared a disaster on Saturday night.After the heavy rain Fire department Since Saturday night, about 500 emergency services have been on duty in the Berchtesgaardner region of Upper Bavaria. Two people died in the flood zone. Berchtesgadener Land regional office spokesperson Alexandra Rothenbuchner (Alexandra Rothenbuchner) said that if anyone died, it is not clear whether it is related to the flood.
A spokesperson for the Traunstein Integrated Control Center said the situation is very serious. Water gushes out from the mountains, and at the same time the level of the Ache River rises. The most severely affected areas are Berchtesgaden, Bischofswissen, Schönau am Königssee, Marktschellenberg and Ramsau in southeastern Bavaria. There, water flooded the place and flooded the streets. The slope slipped. Rothenbuchner says that individual houses must therefore be cleaned. “There are always emergency calls coming in,” said a police spokesperson in Rosenheim.
According to media reports, Ache had reached a record water level-by 10 o’clock in the evening, they had reached about 3.75 meters. The picture shows the street turned into a raging creek. People waded to knee-deep. An eyewitness reported that the fire brigade was on duty every few hundred meters. The tractor removes debris. Sometimes the water is as high as 50 cm.
Saxony and Austria are also affected
Similarly, in Chamerau in Upper Palatinate, Roßbach overflowed the river bank due to heavy rain. A police spokesman said a building was protected from water with sandbags. Throughout the area, there were five fire services due to full basements or flooded streets.
In parts of Saxony, Saturday’s heavy rains also caused severe flooding. In Saxon Switzerland, several places in cities and municipalities are no longer available. Neustadt, Sebnitz, Bad Schandau, Reinhardsdorf-Schöner and Gorish were particularly affected, and the regional office notified them in the evening. The railway line between Bad Schandau and Deqin in the Czech Republic has been closed. At the request of the German News Agency, the Situation Center of the Dresden Ministry of Interior said: “The situation is tense, but it can be controlled.”
On Sunday night, heavy rains also hit most of Austria. According to APA agency reports, Salzburg, Tyrol and the Federal Capital Vienna have been using fire brigades. The city of Hallein, Mittersill in Pinzgau and Kufstein in Tirol triggered civil defense alarms. In the city of Salzburg, flood protection facilities have been built along the Salzach River.
In Kufstein, people were asked not to leave the building and retreat to a higher floor. In the urban area, water from the tributary of the inn has flowed onto the street. Part of Felbertauernstrasse was closed due to possible landslides. In Vienna, heavy rains and thunderstorms made the fire brigade very busy. Firefighters are usually called because cellars or underground passages are flooded. By Sunday morning, the professional fire brigade reported more than 500 actions.
More than 150 deaths in western Germany
According to the latest news from the Koblenz Police, more than 110 people were killed in the Rhineland-Palatinate state. 670 people were injured. I am afraid there will be more casualties. A spokesperson said: “If you see the photo and see what it looks like, you can’t rule out that more bodies will be found.” The person is still missing. The Ahrweiler district has been hit particularly hard.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the confirmed death toll on Saturday night was 45, including four firefighters. The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Amin Raschelt (CDU) visited the disaster-stricken area in Erftstadt with Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier on Saturday. He promised to provide direct assistance to the disaster-stricken people and said that “it will be very unbureaucratic. To pay money”. Steinmeier called for solidarity and donations to the victims. “Regardless of the size, the willingness to support must continue,” he said. The Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer announced that he will travel to North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday.In addition, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are also devastating flood pretentious.
After the devastating water receded in many flood zones in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, the search for the dead and wounded among the ruins continued.
The state government in Mainz announced that Merkel will travel to Rhineland-Palatinate on Sunday and will learn about the situation in the Schulder community, which has been particularly hard hit by the storm. Later (2:30 pm) plan to make a press statement in Ardenno with Prime Minister Maru Dreyer (SPD) and other Rhineland-Palatinate ministers.
At the same time, Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency assistance. “This requires the nation to show its strength,” said the Social Democratic Party politician of Bild. In the cabinet on Wednesday, he wanted to put two things on the table. “First of all, immediate assistance is needed. The last flood required more than 300 million euros. Now so much is needed,” explains Scholz. “Secondly, we must lay the foundation for the reconstruction plan to quickly repair the destroyed houses, roads and bridges. As we know from previous disasters, it is billions of euros.”
