Tag: Natural disaster
Current floods: death toll rises again – Panorama
Home panorama Weather July 20, 2021, 6:49 p.m. Flood disaster in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate : Death toll rises again “,” authorTextHtml “:” Directly from the Reuters video channel “,”…
Merkel: There is immediate aid "Matter of days"
In Bad Münstereifel, the Chancellor and NRW Prime Minister Laschet promise the flood victims quick support. Some of them lived in “appalling conditions”. . Source link
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. .…
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…
"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…
"Monumental failure of the authorities"
A British scientist says the authorities in Germany were warned days before the disaster. The mayor of the community of Altenahr, which was hard hit by the flood disaster, sees…
Flood Protection: How Germany Can Prepare Better – Knowledge
Why did so many people die in the devastating floods of the past few days? Daniel Bachmann is professor of flood risk management and researches the question of how to…
Storm in Germany: Laschet wants more protection – Panorama
Home panorama Weather July 18, 2021, 8:23 p.m. Flood disaster in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate : Laschet wants more protection against floods Open detailed view Armin Laschet says that dams,…