How severe is the flood damage in Germany? | DW News

German Chancellor Olaf Schulz has been to visit areas of Northern Germany hit by floods weeks of rain and Rising flood waters have left dkes at risk of collapse one Village is battling the waters with the help of French Specialists flat Waters is far as the eye can see at this small village of

Turan in Germany’s North Rising Waters have been collecting for nearly 2 weeks threatening to get into houses Tanya V build this self made Dy to protect her home it’s really depressing first there was the danger of flood waters from behind now because of the groundwater we

Also have a threat from the other side you think it can’t be real what’s going on you just try to use humor to deal with it outside her House’s large pums are working constantly day and night Germany has mobilized volunteers from civil protection services but it’s a raise

Against the clock and the water this place we are protecting the village with um our pumping capacities we have um two high-capacity pumping modules here um each of these pumps can pump 5,000 L per minute and we try to bring the water away from the houses so that the small

Channel which is now a big lake um will not rise more so that um the Village and um the people in the houses not get too much flooding the whole village is involved neighbors are sharing pumps but there is a common fear if the die ground turn

Breaks most of the houses will be flooded millions of sandbags have been distributed in the flood hit areas to protect settlements and dkes help is even coming from France French civil security workers traveled 1,200 kilomet from the south of Paris to control the situation it’s part of Yu’s Corporation

System for Disaster Response Turan is relying on the team of experts doing everything they can to save it but it’s heavily dependent on the weather forast too which is finally predicting a couple of dry days after weeks of rain after filing that report DW’s yosha vber

Traveled to the town of cah in lower Saxony and told me about the situation there I’m on the banks of the river all here in the rural District of cell and this is normally a medium-sized stream you have to know but it has become a large river even building a Delta with a

Lot of water and going over kilometers and you can see right behind me that there are streets Fields farms and Villages flooded by the water and the water level is still very high in this region it remains on the highest alert level the region but we have to say that

There is some good news as there is dry and colder weather predicted for the weekend so the situation is still tense for the people because the the water is in their basements in their Gardens on their fields but there are some drier days ahead and this must be a relief for

A lot of people after 2 weeks of uh heavy rainfall Let’s just pick up on that final point there so lots of flooding as just talk us through the the extent of the damage well the damage and uh the costs are still lying literally underwater we

Have to say uh once the water will be gun we can see a bit clearer here but it’s already clear that the the cost of this catastrophe will be well over a billion Euro in the end and uh this is just an estimation obviously um particularly hard hit are the farmers

Because their Harvest might be already lost after two weeks of standing water on their fields and that means that there will be a lot of cost and damage for for them but as well in The Villages in the towns of this area in lower Saxony um northern Germany there are a

Lot of people hit hard and there’s also uh already political discussion about the cost of this catastrophe as the region so the bundeslander calling the federal government for help and trying uh to to share the cost of this catastrophe

Parts of northern Germany are hit by floods after days of heavy rains. Rising floodwaters have put dykes at risk of collapse. Our reporter went to a village in Lower Saxony, which was hit particularly hard and is now bracing for the danger of collapsing dykes

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36 comments

  5. "Hau ab, dann können wir weiter machen hier!" People were mad because they had to stop helping each other. Only for the chancellor unimportant visit .

  8. Nothing to see here, just normal rain, pass through, global warming? No, no, it's just rain, instead of snow, everything is gut.

  11. I wonder if that prevents more or fewer emergency vehicles from reaching their destination than Extinction Rebellion activists glued to the road…

  14. German people are suffering while german ministers like Robert Habeck are enjoying in holidays. Millions of Euros are being gifted to other countries but Germans are forced to pay carbon tax. God save germans from these politicians.

  17. I sometimes wonder, with the number of flood occurrences in the world, at what point will insurance companies and governments no longer be able to cover the damages?

  18. If people live in natural flood zones they will experience one or two over the decades. Bound to happen- especially with civilization trying to control the varied results of weather and by altering the landscape. Suck it up. This will pass. It's not the sign of the end times

  19. If you don't invest in water management, you will get this every year. The Dutch invested 2,3 billion euro's in 25 years in giving space for the rivers in the winter. There is hardly any major flooding. Only some flooded meadows and basements.

  20. this exact same thing just happened in Denmark but no coverage from DW
    The same thing about people being stuck meters of snow for days in Sweden also happened in Denmark but no coverage from DW

  21. 🟥🚨🟥 Next on the Menu: Human Habitat Loss, Managed Retreat *[ if that's even possible anymore]- ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE. 🟥🚨🟥

  22. In wide areas the land is still under water and will be pushing against the dams for weeks to come. More land cant be entered by machines since November and some more months will go by before it is solid enough not to sink in with the tractor.

  23. I live somewhat near those flooded areas (1 or 2 hundred kilometers). It stopped to rain now, since we have temperatures below 0°C. We had a LOT of snow the last days and a rather clear sky today. Most of the flooded areas are starting to freeze over. That brings a bit of stability to the soaked dykes, but also other problems obviously. Expecting -5 to -10°C in the next nights.

  25. Infiltration wells should be constructed in strategic places to recharge water naps and this will allow to store water in the under ground.
    Flood lands should be restored because they can absorb and retain water better.

  27. Floods here, floods in the UK, earthquakes and tsunami in Japan. It's all happening at once. And then ofcourse war is still ongoing around the corner. Hopefully ppl do a good job of caring for each other as good and as long as possible. Each within our means.

  29. With such events becoming more frequent and severe, with costs in the billions, investing billions in flood defenses and flood management is an unfortunate reality of our modern world shaped by climate inaction.

  30. We do not need these Mr. Scholz in germany. He is not a help. He only costs us a lots of money. The whole politicians, that not worked on their own.

  31. Our politicians spends our money to the world. To built bike streets somewhere in the world or whatever, but when we have problems in germany, our politicians do not help, have no money.

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