Parts of western Germany still hit by flooding

Record ID: 904561

  • Title: Parts of western Germany still hit by flooding
  • Date: 28th July 2017
  • Summary: WOLFENBUETTEL, GERMANY (JULY 28, 2017) (REUTERS) WIDE OF FLOODED LOCAL SCHOOL BUILDING IN WOLFENBUETTEL SOUTHEAST OF HANOVER SIGN ALMOST SUBMERGED IN WATER READING IN GERMAN "PLEASE CLOSE GATE" PARKING SIGNS OUTSIDE SCHOOL ALMOST SUBMERGED IN WATER READING "SCHOOL MASTER" AND "JANITOR" WIDE OF FLOODED BUILDING WIDE OF SANDBAGS OUTSIDE LOCAL COURT, FLOODED STREET IN FOREGROUND ENTRANCE TO LOCAL COURT, GENERATOR FOR WATER PUMPS ON STEPS BUCKET IN WATER WIDE OF FLOODED STREET WIDE OF FLOODED CONSTRUCTION SITE WATER COMING OUT OF HOUSE WOMEN WATCHING FLOODED STREET FLOODED STREET (SOUNDBITE) (German) RESIDENT, WALTRAUD DENSLEY, SAYING: "I'm still too agitated and stirred up. I want to save what there is to save but we will only know later when the things have dried." YOUTH WALKING THROUGH FLOODED STREET SARSTEDT, GERMANY (JULY 28, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE PILING SANDBAGS IN STREET IN SARSTEDT, SOUTH OF HANOVER FIRE FIGHTER ARRIVING WITH MORE SANDBAGS FIRE FIGHTER PILING UP SANDBAGS ALONG FENCE WIDE OF FENCE WIDE OF RIVER
  • Embargoed: 11th August 2017 15:24
  • Keywords: flood flooding Wolfenbuettel Sarstedt sandbafs
  • Location: WOLFENBUETTEL & SARSTEDT, GERMANY
  • City: WOLFENBUETTEL & SARSTEDT, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016RMQLAF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: After days of heavy rain which led to overflowing rivers, parts of northwestern Germany were still hit by floods on Friday (July 28).
    In Wolfenbuettel in the state of Lower Saxony, entire streets were submerged in water.
    Parking signs outside the local school were almost completely submerged in water as one resident said she was still too "agitated" to think about the extent of the damage.
    In Sarstedt south of Hanover meanwhile, firefighters were busy piling sandbags along and near the river Innerste to brace for any flooding.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register