US EditionDeutsche Umwelthilfe: Several Federal States Are Not Prepared for Floods of the Century
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The environmental aid sees great need for action in the field of flood protection. Especially Lower Saxony and Bavaria are at risk. Bremen is regarded as a model.
Deutsche Umwelthilfe urgently sees the need for improvement in flood protection. With a century of floods, the damage would be particularly great in four federal states.
North Rhine-Westphalia is ranked 2nd in Germany at the risk of flooding. This is what Deutsche Umwelthilfe has calculated.
Despite current heat and drought, floods in Brandenburg are a serious topic. According to a new study by Deutsche Umwelthilfe, the state is one of the most vulnerable regions in Germany. About 14,000 residential addresses could be affected by a so-called century flood, more than six percent of the country's surface area is considered a risk area. As Brandenburg can better protect itself from floods, Sabrina Schulz, Deputy Head of Nature Conserva…
It has been almost four years since the Ahr Valley was flooded. A new report by Deutsche Umwelthilfe shows: Even today, most federal states are not well prepared for floods.
According to the calculation of Deutsche Umwelthilfe 28,052 residential addresses in NRW could be affected by a century flood. The organization demands more natural flood protection.
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