Germany questions warning system after deadly floods
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published : 19 Jul 2021 at 08:11 Questions are mounting about whether Germany s weather warning system failed to keep citizens safe.
BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, Germany: As Germany mourns more than 150 people who died in floods and begins a mammoth clean-up task, questions are mounting about whether the country s weather warning system failed to keep citizens safe.
Although meteorological services had forecast torrential rain and flash floods for western Germany last week, many residents said they were caught off-guard by rapidly rising waters that destroyed roads, bridges and homes. We shouldn t be mourning this many fatalities in 2021, Hannah Cloke, a professor of hydrology at Reading University, told German broadcaster ZDF.
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Europe floods: Victims face massive clean-up as waters recede
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media captionEurope floods: Massive clean-up begins in Germany
Residents in regions of Germany and Belgium worst-affected by recent floods have begun the huge task of clearing their neighbourhoods, as the waters begin to recede.
The scale of the damage is becoming clear, as rescue crews continue to look for victims.
At least 170 people have died, and with many still missing the death toll could rise further.
And there are fears that a dam weakened by the floods could burst.
Inspectors say large parts of the Steinbachtal dam, south-west of the German city of Bonn, have come away leaving it extremely unstable.