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Published 06/03/2024Published June 3, 2024last updated 06/03/2024last updated June 3, 2024The situation in parts of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg is still precarious, where numerous streams and rivers burst their banks and flooded entire towns and villages. DW has the latest.
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Thousands of people have been evacuated and more are set to leave their homes as southern Germany was hit with severe flooding over the weekendImage: picture alliance/dpaWhat you need to know
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to visit the affected regions on Monday
- A firefighter died and another is missing
- One civilian is believed to be missing in a flooded basement
Here are the key updates on the flooding in Germany on Monday, June 3.
06/03/2024June 3, 2024
Scholz set to visit flood-hit areas
Following the flooding of large areas of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (both SPD) are set to visit some of the flooded areas on Monday.
Together with Bavaria Premier Markus Söder and Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann (both CSU), Scholz and Faeser will assess the current situation and talk to the emergency services. The President of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief, Sabine Lackner, is also expected to meet the chancellor.
The situation remains precarious with numerous streams and rivers bursting their banks and flooding entire towns and villages in southern Germany. A state of emergency was declared for several districts, and thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes, sometimes by helicopter.
Record flooding in southern Germany
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