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Floods: new siren signals in the event of disasters – panorama
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Billions in damage to rails and roads
The federal government assumes that the repairs will cost a good two billion euros. 170 people are still missing in the Ahr valley. Rescue workers recovered 117 dead there. .…
Norbert Scheuer, the great novelist of the Eifel, on the flood. – Culture
The writer Norbert Scheuer lives in a small town in the Eifel. He has loved the rain since childhood. But then the day comes when it doesn’t stop raining –…
Land under: How the storms devastated NRW
Meteorologists never tire of emphasizing that climate change is not just reflected in extreme drought. You speak of extreme weather events, which also include heavy rain and storms, as experienced…
Floods – could the disaster have been prevented? – Knowledge
By Benjamin von Brackel and Vera Schroeder On Monday morning, July 12, the disaster first announced itself on the sixth floor of a building in Offenbach. In the “Warning Center”…
Around 170 missing in the Ahr valley
The police expect to find more dead in the particularly affected district of Ahrweiler. 117 have been recovered so far, and only a third of them are known to have…
When the electricity connection has to be re-established – economy
Distribution networks, cables, power houses: the floods damaged a lot. Now it’s a matter of cleaning, repairing – and ensuring safety. Of Thomas Fromm and Benedikt Müller-Arnold When Alexander Rentschler…
Flood disaster in Belgium: danger underestimated, warned too late?
Status: 07/19/2021 4:10 p.m. In Belgium, too, the extent of the unprecedented flooding is becoming increasingly evident. It’s still mainly about tidying up and helping. But there is also louder…
Flood disaster: Floods hit numerous companies
Status: 07/19/2021 4:46 p.m. In addition to private residents, many companies in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate were hit hard by the storm. In many places the costs cannot yet be…
"Centralism doesn’t change anything here"
The federal government rejects the criticism of having informed the population in the flood areas too late. At 3:30 p.m., the Koblenz police informed about the operation in the Ahrweiler…