Live blog
Status: 07/15/2021 7:52 a.m.
The police report four dead in the Ahrweiler district. Schools remain closed in several places. NRW Prime Minister Laschet wants to get an idea of the situation in Hagen. The developments after the storms in our live blog.
- Houses in the Eifel collapsed
- Four dead in the Ahrweiler district
- Two firefighters were killed
- Several schools in Rhineland-Palatinate remain closed
- Laschet gets an idea of the situation in Hagen
07:47 am
Four dead in the Ahrweiler district
In connection with the severe storms in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler in the Eifel, at least four people died.
07:35 am
Laschet comes to Hagen
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) wants to visit the Ruhr area town of Hagen, which has been particularly hard hit by flooding, to get an idea of the situation.
07:31 am
Several schools remain closed
In Rhineland-Palatinate, schools are to remain closed in the Vulkaneifel district and in the Kordel community in the Trier-Saarburg district.
07:22 am
Two firefighters died in the Märkisches Kreis
For two firefighters in the Märkischer Kreis, their missions ended fatally. In Altena in the Sauerland, a 46-year-old firefighter was killed while rescuing a man after the heavy rain. He was swept away by the masses of water and drowned. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the police in the Märkischer Kreis. Just two hours later, a 52-year-old firefighter collapsed while working in the area of the Werdohl-Elverlingsen power plant. Police said he died on Wednesday evening despite resuscitation and relief measures. The police assume a health emergency.
07:20 am
Several houses collapsed in the village of Schuld
In the Eifel are after SWR-Information after continuous rain and flooding, six houses collapsed. According to previous knowledge, around 30 people were missing in the Rhineland-Palatinate debt, reported the SWR on Thursday, citing the police. 25 other houses also threatened to collapse. In Altenahr in the Ahrweiler district, residents fled to the roofs of their houses.