Flooding in Baden-Württemberg leads to the death of two people.
The death toll from Germany's floods in South Germany is rising. Rescue workers have discovered two corpses in a house located in Schorndorf, in the Rems-Murr-District. This brings the overall death count from the current floods to a minimum of four, as two people have previously been found dead in Bavaria.
In addition to the two deceased individuals, a missing 43-year-old female was discovered in the basement of a house in Schrobenhausen, Upper Bavaria, as stated by a local police official. Since Sunday, this individual had been the subject of an extensive search. Furthermore, a firefighter died in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Upper Bavaria, on Sunday morning while participating in a rescue operation. In this incident, he and three of his colleagues capsized in a rescue boat. Another firefighter is missing, also in Bavaria.
Significant rainfall over multiple days has caused water levels to rise drastically in numerous rivers and streams, particularly in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Entire villages have been submerged, even in places where dams have failed.
On Monday, the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, observed the situation firsthand. During this visit, he expressed that Germans will have to adapt to more frequent flood incidents. "We'll have to learn to live with this happening more frequently," declared the Green Party politician in the heavily affected town of Meckenbeuren. The increased frequency of floods can be attributed to climate change, the Prime Minister confirmed. Nonetheless, he noted that while Baden-Württemberg experienced less serious consequences, the circumstances in the northern parts of the country are still highly hazardous.
