(The number of missing people was corrected in the last sentence. 3 – not 16.) Three months after the flood disaster in the Ahr valley, there is still a lot to do, because the extent of the destruction is enormous. The plaster has to be removed from the wall, the rubble has to be cleared away. However, house owner Winfried Wolff is lucky to have such support: O-TON WINFRIED WOLFF, HOUSE OWNER: “Yes, without the helpers there would be nothing, nothing would have worked. So clean up the basement right from the start. Clean up the whole thing so without helpers we would be totally lost. We would be helpless because you can introduce yourself, with friends too, of course, but without helpers I always tell my wife that the Ahr valley would have been condemned to death from the start. ” But this work is not only a physical but also a psychological challenge. Jasmin Helfrich describes how she deals with the situation on site: O-TON JASMIN HELFRICH, HELPER: “You just can’t let that get too close to you, of course you cry and of course you think about it, but when you do that close to you, then at some point you collapse and you are here to help. You want to bring people back home, also for the children. They want the children back again. ” Thomas Pütz knows the local situation pretty well. He is the coordinator of “Helfer Shuttle”. The buses bring the helpers to their locations in the Ahr valley. He tries to classify the current situation: O-TON THOMAS PÜTZ, ORGANIZER HELFER SHUTTLE: “On the one hand, I’m obviously worried because I see how much work we still have every day. On the other hand, you have to be so realistic. What kind of work can we still do in the middle of winter? And to find the scales, afterwards how many helpers do we really need for the work that is there? And how much work can we still do effectively? We are trying to find the balance at some point through the winter, so that we can still acquire just as many helpers via our networks, via our approach. How much is really still needed. ” And even if it is arduous, the reconstruction is progressing. Extreme heavy rain had triggered devastating floods on rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. Many communities, especially in the Ahr Valley, were devastated. At least 141 people were killed in Rhineland-Palatinate. Three people are still missing.