The flood caught the people in the Ahrweiler district unprepared. But could the competent authority have issued a warning in good time?
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler – According to a report by the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, the district of Ahrweiler proclaimed a disaster late in the devastating night of flooding, despite precise warnings.
In addition to information published online, the district administration received several automated e-mails from the responsible state office for the environment in the course of the evening, in which the forecast enormous water level of almost seven meters was reported, according to the report. The Ahrweiler district administration did not want to comment on this report on Sunday at the request of the German Press Agency and referred to a later date.
In an answer to the dpa it says: “We are currently still in the process of coping with the disaster situation. The top priority for the district and district administrator Dr. Jürgen Pföhler to restore supplies to the people in the flood area. Everyone involved is working “around the clock”, so to speak. ”It is the greatest disaster since the Second World War, for which there is no blueprint for repairing the damage.
During the flood disaster on 14./15. July 135 people died in Rhineland-Palatinate. Almost 60 people are still missing. dpa
