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Germanyâs New Climate Reality
A Country Races to Prepare for the Unavoidable
Floods, storms, forest fires â events that used to be extreme have become the new normal. Now German officials are building dikes, underground storage tanks and green roofs to avert disaster. Will it be enough?
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Consequences of the flood: A soccer pitch near Weilerswist, in North Rhine-Westphalia, was turned into a waste disposal site.
Foto: Kollektiv25
They were prepared. Several years ago, in 2014, the hospital management had an expert report prepared at the request of the City of Leverkusen. The aim was to clarify whether the hospital was protected from flooding. Its buildings are located right next to the Dhünn River, which winds around the clinic grounds, a gentle 40-centimeter (16-inch) deep body of water in normal times.