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Germany flood warnings didn t reach locals in time before rain hit - with more than 170 still missing in killer deluge

Updated: 20:09 ET, Jul 19 2021 GERMANY flood warnings reportedly did not reach locals in time before the rain hit - with more than 170 people still missing in the killer deluge. Warning systems sent out alerts a few days before the heavy rain hit, but failed to reach many residents or officials in time, according to BBC reports. 7 7 A policeman looks at a piece of road that has sunken in the city of Altenahr, Rhineland-PalatinateCredit: AFP More than 180 people were killed in the deluge, with more than 170 still missing as the devastating clean-up effort begins. Armin Schuster, head of the Federal Office for Civil Protection, said the warning infrastructure wasn t our problem, but the effectiveness with which authorities and the population reacted to these warnings .

Germany floods: Officials rebuke criticism amid cleanup efforts | News | DW

Germany floods: Officials rebuke criticism amid cleanup efforts Top German officials have defended their handling of the country s worst flooding in decades. Local residents in western Germany are reeling from the devastation, as cleanup efforts persist. Local residents and volunteers were picking up the pieces after catastrophic flooding in western Germany With survivors facing the scale of destruction wrought by  the deadly flooding  in western Germany, the authorities have defended their response to the disaster. So far, at least 165 people have been confirmed dead from the floodwaters. This tally includes 117 people in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and 47 fatalities in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia. One person is confirmed to have died in Bavaria. 

Germany ponders lessons from deadly floods — as it happened | News | DW

Belgian town begins cleaning up after severe floods From 12:01 to 12:02 local time on Tuesday, all public transportation in Brussels will come to a standstill during a national minute of silence. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said the day will be a moment for citizens to show solidarity, closeness, and unity. Many Ahrweiler residents say they received no warning DW political correspondent Benjamin Alvarez spoke to residents of hard-hit Ahrweiler, and said many of them did not receive warning from authorities before the flooding.  We have talked to several people here on the ground and while some of them told us they heard an alarm from firefighters, we talked to a lot of them who told us that they did not get any alarm from local authorities, firefighters or police, he said. Alvarez said some residents instead received calls from family members who told them to immediately leave their homes .

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