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.
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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 .