Water shortages, flash floods, extreme weather: Certain regions of Germany could become uninhabitable. When it comes to protecting against disasters, things are set to change. What the strategy paper envisages.
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Constanze von Bullion
Anyone who wants to build a house has recently been confronted with warnings that until recently were still considered pipe dreams. Buying a property in Brandenburg? Better to think again – the lack of water. Holiday home in Rhineland-Palatinate? Stay away, there could be a risk of flash floods. Even before building a house on the North Sea, which has not exactly been a wild shore so far, the risks of a natural disaster should be weighed more carefully. Extreme weather could soon wash away the reason. That’s not what some apocalyptists from the Greens say. Germany’s top civil protection officer has focused on this