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Southern Germany hit by catastrophic flooding (www.dw.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/16572873

The southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been inundated, causing dam bursts and prompting dramatic rescues. States of emergency have been declared in several areas with more heavy rain expected.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/bF7J7

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

At least in my area in NRW (west Germany) we've had pretty consistent rain over the last couple years. Haven't seen this much of it in way over a decade. I think the most affected drought regions were in the east though.