A firefighter died within the Bavarian city of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm when his rubber dinghy capsized throughout an operation with three colleagues, a spokesman for the authorities stated on Sunday. He was recovered lifeless within the morning. Catastrophe alerts have been declared in ten municipalities in Bavaria attributable to overflowing rivers and streams.
Practice cancellations and delays
On Saturday night, two ICE carriages derailed in Schwäbisch Gmünd – however the passengers have been unhurt. Additional rain and thunderstorms may result in new flooding on Sunday followingnoon. Rail vacationers in southern Germany needed to anticipate additional prepare cancellations and delays on Sunday. In response to a listing on the Deutsche Bahn web site, there shall be cancellations on the route from Munich through Nuremberg to Berlin, from Karlsruhe through Stuttgart to Munich, from Munich to Zurich and from Augsburg to Oberstdorf.
The German Climate Service (DWD) stated on Saturday that new showers and thunderstorms have been shifting in from the north, which might deliver with them the chance of native flooding, particularly on Sunday followingnoon. The showers might possibly be heavy and would move slowly. “If that hits the saturated floor, you may shortly have flooding there once more,” stated the meteorologist.
The Swabian Jura and areas to the north of it, in addition to the area round Augsburg, Nuremberg, Bamberg and Regensburg, are notably in danger from the showers and thunderstorms on Sunday. Within the Augsburg district, evacuation calls have been expanded within the night. Municipalities on the Schmutter river have been notably affected. Emergency lodging was arrange within the Augsburg commerce truthful.
ICE wagons derailed
For the evening into Sunday, there have been indicators of a slight easing of the precipitation. The persistent rain will ease over the course of the evening, stated a DWD meteorologist on Saturday night. “Tonight, there will not be as a lot rain as we had final evening,” he stated.
After the persistent rain of the previous few days, two carriages of an ICE prepare derailed late on Saturday night in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg. In response to a railway spokesman, the 185 passengers have been unhurt within the accident and have been taken off the prepare. The prepare had been diverted to the route on which the accident occurred as a result of flooding in southern Germany.
Photograph gallery: Floods in southern Germany
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Following the landslide, there may be at the moment no long-distance rail service between Stuttgart and Munich. A railway spokesman was unable to estimate how lengthy the route can be interrupted early on Sunday morning. In response to Deutsche Bahn, there had already been disruptions and prepare cancellations in southern Germany beforehand. As a result of flooding, no trains ran between Munich, Bregenz and Zurich all day Saturday.
Flood of the century
In Bavaria, the persistent rain led to water ranges that, statistically talking, are solely reached as soon as in 100 years. On Sunday evening, the rivers Günz, Memminger Ach, Kammel, Mindel, Paar and Maisach carried as a lot water as in a once-in-a-century flood. Within the northern a part of the Higher Bavarian district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, native authorities worry excessive flooding.
Rain was not the one downside for individuals in Germany. On the Leiblach river, which borders Germany and Vorarlberg, water ranges had already dropped in a single day into Saturday following excessive flooding. “We bought off evenly,” stated a spokesperson for the rescue management heart. At occasions, water ranges have been as excessive as throughout a flood, which statistically solely happens each 100 to 300 years.
There have been additionally storms in northern Italy. In Switzerland, heavy rainfall led to quite a few floods, landslides and flooded cellars.
