, as emerged from the warnings of the Bavarian flood intelligence service. Thousands of residents had to leave their homes despite the flooding.īecause of the persistent rainfall in combination with the defusing of the bomb at the train station, the city declared a disaster.Īccording to Bayerischer Rundfunk, the explosive device has now been defused. Had to deal with a dud from the Second World War. In addition, the area around Hof was hit: 70 missions still need to be processed, said a spokesman for the Hochfranken control center.Ĭellars and streets were flooded, trees were broken, but there were no injuries. In the Bamberg district, according to the fire brigade, an "impressive number of cellars" were also full.įederal highway 22 had to be closed in the meantime due to flooding, said a fire department spokesman. The heavy rains in many areas of Franconia resulted in full basements and floods.Īccording to the Bamberg Integrated Operations Center, the electricity went out from time to time in the afternoon after a distribution box was submerged. New York: Heavy rain causes flooding in subways Weather outlook: "One low practically pushes the handle into the hand of the next low" Germany: Severe storms flood cellars and streets In addition to the village, the communities of Langenzenn and Veitsbronn are also affected by floods.Īccording to the Bavarian flood news service, the level of the Zenn near Stöckach rose within a few hours by around 2.50 meters to an all-time high, and Sulzach and Altmühl also recorded meter-high increases. There was a complete power outage in the center, said the district fire chief Frank Bauer.īut he reckons that the damage can be repaired in the evening, said Bauer. Numerous people are without electricity after the storms. : a so-called major damage event was declared there due to floods, landslides and uprooted trees, as the district office announced.Ĭlasses in schools have been discontinued. Storms and floods have led to numerous emergencies in southern Germany. In addition to the eight people rescued from the floods Monday, authorities said they helped 108 people who had to spend the night in cottages higher up on the slopes of the valley because of the flood.Street in the Lower Franconian Knetzgau: Car in the floods The body of the woman, who was not identified, was pulled out of the water on Tuesday morning, local police said. More than 160 helpers and helicopters were involved in the rescue missions. The other people were caught by the water or cut off from their paths by the flood elsewhere in the steep valley. Heavy, sudden rains on Monday afternoon had turned the Hammersbach creek in the Valley of Hell near the town of Grainau into floods which tore down a wooden bridge, sweeping down two people into the water. Rescue teams have recovered the body of a woman from the water and are still searching for one more person who was swept off a bridge by sudden floods in the south of the country. Eight other people caught up in the flooding were rescued uninjured. This comes after one person died and another is missing when a flood brought down a bridge in Bavaria, Germany, on Monday. In Upper Austria, more than 100 fire brigades and 1,500 firefighters were called to more than 500 emergencies as water flooded streets In Stummerberg, two houses caught fire after being hit by lightning. There were also around 200 reports of emergencies in Tyrol, as debris floated through the streets and people's garages and cellars were submerged in water, however no injuries were reported. In the districts of Gmunden, Kirchdorf and Steyr-Land, the state fire brigade command reported they were mainly called out to help assist people who has water in their homes and cellars. More than 100 fire brigades across the district and 1,500 firefighters were called to more than 500 emergencies as water flooded streets in Upper Austria. The people are more and more afraid,' said the Pinzgau fire brigade chief Claus Portenkirchner. The Pinzgau and Pongau regions in Salzburg were hit particularly hard by the storms as a bus in Dienten am Hochkoenig got destroyed in the floods and stuck under a bridgeĮmergency services were able to rescue those stranded and took them to St Johann congress centre, before evacuating the Krimml train station in Pinzgau.
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