Always wanted to be. I was born in berlin. Starts july 22nd on d, w. Ah. July 2021. I have book land, we had all this water come from here in germany, the worst flooding in over a century diesel. I miss it. These events will occur more frequently. Thats for sure. Zisha thousands lost their homes, them on yet so we are the sucker with the 1st anniversary. Now its like you fall into a kind of trance with all you see it all happening all over again. For organ still visible, the destruction wrought by the flood ah, on the day of the flood, bud minster, i fools Historic Old Town was deluged a year later, reconstruction and repair work here is ongoing tourists are starting to return, though they have to watch where they walk gradually businesses and shops are reopening a year ago. Small rivers like this one became raging torrents within hours. July 13th, 2021. The whole day the rain came down and drove the design of cut us. There was a catastrophe. I thought because it went so far beyond anything with experience before water level reco to completely shattered even the gauges are pulverized hyphen. Ive done the previous day, germanys Weather Service had issued warnings. They notified district authorities and Fire Departments about dangerously high water levels. After attention, expect lots of rain in the coming days, pink river, water levels, which are already quite high for this time of year. Why ride is in fee and are many places, especially in western ryan and palatinate. Ill say a 100 liters per square meter, and more than that, its pete 150 to 200 liters per square meter for im calling as a diane russell, the water rose from 80 centimeters to not just 3 or 4 mates is like, it seems a for, for to 9 meter, love is 9 me. Soon. Further advisories followed a localized rainfall of over 200 liters per square meter cant be rolled out at all. Shes no, it was a disaster just waiting to happen. Especially along smaller rivers. 11 p. M. The storm front moved away from altenor in as our land towards hogan. In the next 3 hours alone, this area received twice as much rain as it normally does. In an entire month. The fulmer overflowed its banks and flooded the streets. The lena did the same. Just after midnight, an alarm went out to huggins. Volunteer fire brigade, her to some to him by hundreds of emergency calls were coming in a need to know where to start going on. Now, i from proof of that i river was already running down the street and there was a woman stuck in a galley. We were supposed to drive somewhere else, and thats how it started. Laws even the bridges sank and it never stopped raining for the next 20 hours. A lot. I me, i wanted to go get some cigarettes after suddenly i found myself stuck in the water. I couldnt get away removing at 2 in the morning. The Crisis Management team met in hug, and there assessment even with 500 rescue workers on deck. The situation was already out of control people radios, the control center saying we need a boat. They just didnt know what we were dealing with up here last wednesday, july 14th. When dawn broke, the scale of the devastation became clear. As mud pattaya. Nothing will be happening here for a few days. Im pretty sure about that. Its crazy, just crazy. I thought more wrong and the rain continued. The full moon river flowed through the entire city of us, of woods. The water kept rising and with it the time pressure buildings verged on collapsed. I had crags and parts missing, toiler hug, and who in limbo was in a state of constant alarm. Would look wilful. Deserved. They radiate dawson said, go up there and help rescue cable. I saw a mother with a crying child screaming, what should we do . Help us fund youngs wish they were really scared and stood by the windows in despair. When i could only rest or 3 or 4 people bring them in and head out on the next round. Our folks will be standing by windows with kids, babies waiting and yelling, they wanted hours one while people in north ryan west failure were trying to stem the flood waters any way they could on the river. Ah, things were still quite calm. Cornelia vie gant then mer of the collective municipality of alton. R followed the river to the town hall. Shed heard the weather. Warnings, longs annoyed at 9 am on that terrible day, the water level was still 90 centimeters up, but i thought thats okay. We come through the 1st night relatively unscathed oscar. At 924 a. M, the state Environmental Office, announced that the our rivers, water level was expected to triple in the coming night to 2. 4 meters. Creating a perilous situation for the village of should in the eiffel to as lines or fan and us does us and of often by morgan solution american love. It was different in that it had rained like cats and dogs nonstop since the Early Morning feel they gave you an odd feeling because even the tributaries from the valleys had turned into monstrous rivers. Some you have on these a demons yonah, weve never seen anything on that scale before. Gently omer concave is schultz was practically wiped off the map. The whole village was engulfed. It hasnt recovered from the flooding to this day. The magician ought so unchartered, looking at the place to day, sometimes cant tell where the streets ran or how it used to be of the flood waters backed up at the bridge. A pizzeria, the local Meeting Place once stood by the river bank. Across from it was the bakery. Today, theres nowhere to buy food in short. July 14th, 1224 p. M. The state Environmental Office raised its high water advisory to 3. 3 meters. And the german Weather Service issued a storm warning for 37. 00 districts, citing extremely abundant, continuous rainfall that would mainly affect small rivers and streams. Watch out for rivers, they can get real dangerously fed out us in trident is done fee by that is to say to beat house. But the decisive thing is then, ah, where does this . Rainwater go through . And what happened here was the very small rivers old drained into the after the air filters, or are the rivers in the cell. And under the same time, the heidelberg to these flood waves all came together, eaten, and just kept on rising. And our vaccines at 234 p. M. Of islas, district all authority, warned the population by ap to expect localized flooding. Not an hour later, the state Environmental Office made an alarming projection. Altenor water level gate would rate 5. 19 meters thus far and more minute was a shot of hook. None of us had any experience with this kind of full cast with these kinds of water levels. It hadnt happened in a century or more than i wish my definitely from h inflicted meetings. And i asked timothy as man, what can i do . He said, as of august, last declare, a state of emergency declaring a state of emergency would have given people time to save some of their belongings. Even now a year later, alternate hotels still lie in ruins. On july 14th 2021 fire brigades everywhere were battling the waters in the eiffel to st. Started to flood in bad minster eiffel the river air had been rising steadily since morning. By the afternoon conditions had far surpassed all the weather. Warnings, dramatic reports were also coming in from atlanta in the south island. After rescuing some one, a fireman was himself swept away and drowned. The flood waters had begun to claim lives. 2 hours later, another fire fighter died while on duty yet another was luckier. People were able to pull him out of the water in time in stolberg by arkwin, there was also a last minute rescue. In altenor, cornelia bygone was worried. The expected high watermark was 5. 19 meters at 420 in the afternoon. She called her districts administrative head. But a lesson cut us please declare a state of emergency. And they said just a moment were calling you back on that they called back. We need a bit more data. We have to verify some still take a while. Dunbar as at the time, was the last we heard to wish at 540 p m, the Crisis Management team of bud neu in our of islas District Authority met the district head could have sounded the alarm then. But he didnt miss holmes this done. And then, and in the evening and the nights, the law for as long as mobile radio and Cellular Service kept working, emergency calls poor dan kazama. When i hear afterwards, we realized that many people were out on their roof, asked con, which for when the whole night there were no helicopters thus far. That was an awful night. And no, anna sham enough to dave, i got this taken over as the new administrative head of the av. Ill a district if needed. She can declare a state of emergency herself 6 pm on july 14th 2021. In north rine westphalia, the rain was coming down harder than ever. Rineback was plunged into chaos as flash floods hit its town center. In bad minster eiffel, the eft turned into a raging torrent. It devastated the Historic Old Town and 642. 00 p. M. 8 kilometers further east, on the evening of july 14th the stein back towel damn was in danger of overflowing and flooding entire villages. And a good hour later, the dam began to overflow. 120000 liters of water poured over per 2nd. It was feared, the dam would break. Meanwhile, 20 kilometers to the south in the our valley, the mayor of the village of chute helmet. Lucy suspected. What was heading their way . The flood villa d is not under flood waters, had risen by a metre within the hour and i could see how the homes were being steadily inundated and in parts demolish a campsite. Right on the our river was the 1st place affected dozens of trailers and wood cabins was swept away by the flood waters. He was at southern myakea, alec allowed, the owner warned, every one lost in she got them out of their mobile homes and told them that they had to get away from here. But she said that something unprecedented was happening on thanks to her. No lights were last isaak. I normally moved from more than 100 homes were carried away. The residential campus still havent been allowed to rebuild. Only dwellings that can be cleared within an hour are permitted im comes in to these and loudly this incredible amount of rain had to pass through these confined spaces of a just look at the valleys with their bottlenecks. Then bernoullis principle comes into play. Bottom was lots of water must pass through a narrow space that the only way to get that amount through is to increase its speed filtering, which leads to these torrential flood waters. As that they went so high that trees were approved to ayla from parts of buildings broke off and were washed away with the river. Meet them then comes the 1st bridge, dorna called everything gets clogged up from the forest, grow stronger macalucio. So this combination of things and that was decisive. Thats father and child 7 p. M. At the r viola districts Crisis Center, they had yet to feel the floods impact. The alarm signals from schulte and alton are never arrived. As digital phone and Radio Networks had gone down, the district administrator met with rhineland for latin, its interior minister who left the meeting thinking the situation was under control. So no warning went out to the local population, who still would have had time to get to safety it was guns early, sung. I honestly have to say that our district administrator completely mishandled things. Issue of my queues, him of not reacting properly even though hed been given enough Early Warning about this at the time, altenor water level gauge, read 3. 92 meters, but the number just kept rising just before 8 p. M. The state environmental offers up to its projection to 5. 3 meters. Entire holmes floated down the ar. The river rose to more than 8 meters and shoot, went under manager arm that night. You could see the village dying a slow dazzle still. Now there was nothing anyone could do. The volunteer fire brigade were powerless to help that evening. Ulton book also flooded. Altenor is just a few 100 meters downstream. Luca salmons wine growing estate, is located here right on the our river. Salmon and his father hoped to save a few machines in the wine press hole or money. Meanwhile, the flag water warning had risen to over 4 meters in parts close to 5. When so he put everything that couldnt get wet up high and around as a loft in the hollow. At 845 p. M. Alton, as water level gauge, red, 5. 75 meters. Soon afterwards, the gauge was washed away, along with the whole building. Luca salmon had to abandon his hope, the water had torn off the entire wool, facing the river, 40 full barrels of wine and 25000 bottles were carried off into the flood waters and disappeared. Even his winery was no longer safe. Famously we had to get out of here right away. Otherwise, the water would have come down here and we wouldnt have gotten back up the ramp or it would have been forced down into the garret where we would have drowned from retoma. At the last minute he and his father sought refuge on the balcony of the ice cream parlor 2 houses down. It was the highest spot on their straight and still there was no official warning from the Crisis Center in bad. No not today, zelman is back in the winemaking business. He got to work straight away. And soon i spent lots of time talking with architects and trades people. I must say i no longer feel like a ventnor or lets put it this way. I was like taking a course in construction, remarked her. At least he could rebuild just a meter away. Theres a new flood zone that must remain vacant. Us been sean. Vince from austin after sophia olives alumni, shafter im proud of what weve already achieved together. Fish off, and i think we should be in a blick of does, was it motivating not just to look at whats done missing, but to see whats already here. Outside of the flood itself is gone, or theres no getting away from it. Here are finished. There are ruins in many places. Still, its annoying and you wonder why here and then nothings been dancer shannon for those who wanted to rebuild have done it master for our in the last 8 years young ever from those who havent and from just dont want it in on video initial only wanna finish their still work to be done in altenor. July 14th, 40 kilometers further north in after that lesson. It was almost 10 p. M. And water already covered the floor of the riding arena at anousch bows. Felton hall. For 2 hours, people formed a human chain and bailed to try to keep the water away from the stables. 60 horses stood there in the stalls. Under canceling so much water rushed in active fighting. It was a pointless again. It came in from all sides. The 1st doors filled with water and fire in the uh valley, the flood waters had already ravaged my shores and rush around 10 p. M. They reached down out a village of close to 1800. 00 residence. We want to take everything upstairs. You are mister alice houghton. Not now yet yours coming. Its breaking through everything. Li, about florida in heaven, lord in heaven. People scrambled to up as stories for on to roof tops. White canada is that no one is am. I regret taking the things upstairs and not climbing the hill to the vineyard. We not, you felt so naive in that situation through the water just kept rising. The terrace was whole till at 5. The water started creeping up the building walls and the number that were on the phone for the walk with does not staying. How high will it go . What if we have to swim it or how do we do that . And what if we have to climb . How do we do that . Where do we climb 2 and in the end were just power letters. And then honestly, we just prayed with only at 10 o 4 p. M. Did the Crisis Management team, call the red alert. The flood waters kept streaming towards bod. Noah, where the Crisis Management team was sit in a basement with an unstable mobile phone network, half an hour before midnight. A huge wave of water hit the town. It citizens were completely unprepared. Holes till the door to our home burst open on the water rushed in here in the blue to for a minute before who still this high awful than the water came and forced the door open. My girlfriend went flying through the aparment followed by the cupboard. When we were almost almost killed no, 20 years at 230. 00 a. M. Water was also surging through zinzis based on old plans. They evacuated, People Living within 50 meters of the art flood waters had never gone further than that. So no one had given much thought to the disabled residence of the labels. Hill for house located 250 meters away from the river. Yeah, yeah. As awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Help were drowning here. Can anyone hear us . We called back. But it was just incredible. We called the fire department, they knew about it and probably try to get here. I know the water came so quickly. Oh, this was a come so snow 240. 00 a m. A single soul or night. Duty managed to bring 8 of the 20 people from the ground floor to upper levels. After that, the doors would no longer open on neighbors. Now to come, not they couldnt do anything more. They had to wait till the water receded, threw open the doors by then there was foreseeable club, played fine wood up several hours without him. 12 of the homes residence died by now shocking images of the floods were circulating on the internet. Ive been through of the on have, im an early riser and at 4 or 5 a. M. I was writing back and forth with a friend. He wrote have you heard the r valley looks quite hard hit um, at some point he said, no, im going there. Now, i cant take a front end loader and 5 people with chainsaw saying, because thou surely need help. Lets meet up there at once, thought the lawyer did. He, harrison marcos visitor through its agricultural social media channel, had 70000 followers over the next few months. Many of his followers saw his call for help, and wanted to lend a hand or the other monday, non linear voice. If you want to come and help, please do that. Otherwise, folks who want to help should look where the are ronnies. Theres work to be done everywhere and lots of it here, 78. 00 of angle and become a bunch of pharma. Look how far back he goes. Its a convoy and ive been based on it from the vest of all 4 of i love, i love on people who spent the entire night driving here with their tractors. Got to work right away. Well, im the actually on the voice id sit on their tractor or digger of 24 hours straight and keep on going. We were full of adrenalin. No one could start buffalo. We knew we had to press on because maybe wed still find some one, some one know who they fin with the day to more. My poor were rescued here. Thank goodness. Back at the stables. And after that, the water was now one and a half meters deep, but they still didnt dare to lead the horses through it. Wait until it got light that was the worst time.