Families have been struggling to reach people because many of the mobile phone networks are down. She said police helicopters were out trying to rescue people. “It’s really devastating.” Entire towns are flooded, she said, adding that houses “floated away”. “There are dead, there are missing, there are many who are still in danger,” Dreyer said solemnly. “We have never seen such a catastrophe, it is truly devastating,” Rhineland-Palatinate state premier Malu Dreyer said in a parliament session. Images of Germany’s “catastrophe”, as chancellor Merkel called the severe flooding that has hit western Germany, killing dozens /YPnjkwvE3U She vowed that the government would do “everything in its power to, under the most difficult circumstances, save lives, prevent danger and ease suffering”. IN PICTURES: Torrential rain leaves trail of destruction across western GermanyĪndreas Friedrich, of the German Weather Service said some areas hadn’t seen this much rainfall “in 100 years”.Ĭhancellor Angela Merkel, on a visit to Washington, said she was “shocked” by the humanitarian “disaster”, calling it a “tragedy” for the nation. “We will stand by the towns and people who’ve been affected,” Laschet, wearing rubber boots and a white shirt, told reporters in the town of Hagen. Laschet promised “quick help” to those who needed it, saying that Germany “will do everything” to support people. “I’ve talked to many residents who’ve lost everything virtually overnight.” The flooding affected several towns including Bad Münstereifel in NRW. “The situation is alarming,” Laschet told German daily Bild at one of the crisis areas, “People are still missing.
NRW state leader Armin Laschet cancelled a party meeting in Bavaria to visit the scene in his state, Germany’s most populous. “It made such a loud noise and given how fast it came down we thought it would break the door down.”
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