Town in southern Germany declares state of emergency as water levels reach 10 meters

Record ID: 1822151

  • Title: Town in southern Germany declares state of emergency as water levels reach 10 meters
  • Date: 4th June 2024
  • Summary: PASSAU, GERMANY (JUNE 4, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF FLOODED PASSAU SIGN (German) "DANUBE WATER LEVELS 9.97 " FLOODED STREET SIGN FLOODED STREET FLOODED STREET WITH MAN LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW WATER BEING PUMPED OUT OF HOUSE VARIOUS OF FLOODED STREETS (SOUNDBITE) (German) PASSERBY, GISELA ZIMMERMANN, SAYING: "I thought that everything was well prepared for the current floods. It seems to be the case, but the fear is deep in my bones, I have relatives in Passau. Because the predictions are always a bit bolder, or not as accurate as they are hoped for. So it's rising and rising and precautions are being taken everywhere. That's all you can do anyway." (SOUNDBITE) (German) PASSERBY, RUTHARD MARSCH, SAYING: "In any case, we have learnt a lot from the previous floods, because 2013 was much higher and a lot has already been done. You can also see that in the structures and veneers of the shop windows and so on, it's been well prepared for." VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF FLOODED STREET FLOODED STREET WOMAN TAKING PICTURE OF FLOODED STREET FLOODED STREET SIGN VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PASSING BY BARRICADE IN FRONT OF FLOODED STREET VARIOUS OF FLOODED STREET DRONE SHOT OF FLOOD VARIOUS OF SIGN (German) "FLOOD" MEN IN YELLOW VESTS AT FLOODED RIVER (SOUNDBITE) (German) HANNES BERGER FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY DEGGENDORF, SAYING: "Now we have a water level of about 10 metres and that should be the peak.” VARIOUS OF FLOODED OUTDOOR SEATING (SOUNDBITE) (German) HANNES BERGER FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY DEGGENDORF, SAYING: "You can see the mobile flood defences have been set up in various places. And the early protection provided by the city of Passau has kept the damage relatively low." VARIOUS OF FLOODED STREETS WATER BEING PUMPED OUT OF BUILDING FLOODED OUTDOOR SEATING VARIOUS OF FLOODED PASSAU DRONE SHOT OF FLOODED PASSAU
  • Embargoed: 18th June 2024 15:00
  • Keywords: Bavaria flood flooding southern Germany
  • Location: PASSAU, GERMANY
  • City: PASSAU, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001801204062024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The city of Passau in Southern Germany close to the Austrian border has declared a state of emergency on Tuesday (June 4) as water levels in the Danube river have reached 10 meters following days of floods in Southern Germany.
    A representative of the Water Management Agency Deggendorf said he believed however that the peak has now been reached and added that early protection measures have kept damages relatively low in the town.
    Heavy rainfall has led to several thousand people being forced to leave their homes with a firefighter dying while trying to rescue trapped residents and two more people found dead on Monday (June 3).
    (Production: Ayhan Uyanik, Christine Uyanik, Anna Dittrich)
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