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The low »Bernd« moves on over Germany and causes heavy rain and chaos.
The city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia is particularly affected.
The level of the Lenne rose and the river flooded the Hagen-Hohenlimburg wild water park.
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The storm caused devastation.
A senior center in Hagen was flooded and had to be evacuated.
The property was covered with rubble and debris.
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Christopher Neundorf / imago images / Kirchner-Media
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In the Hohenlimburg district of Hagen the water shot through the streets ...
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... and left behind dirt, earth and stones.
Local residents tried to drain the water.
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Marius Schwarz / imago images / Marius Schwarz
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In Leichlingen, residents helped themselves through the floods of the Wupper.
Due to the heavy rainfall, the level of the river had risen sharply.
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In Leichlingen, parts of the city had to be evacuated.
The area below the Diepentalsperre, where a dam threatened to break, was particularly affected.
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In Düsseldorf, the level of the Düssel rose so much that streets were flooded.
The fire brigade fought against the water with sandbags.
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The technical relief organization was also involved in the work.
The Grafenberg district of Düsseldorf was particularly hard hit.
The residents of the Ostparksiedlung should leave their apartments there.
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SASCHA STEINBACH / EPA
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In Rummenohl near Hagen, too, residents had to struggle with the masses of water.
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Jonas Güttler / dpa
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Wheel loaders and tractors cleared mud and debris from the flooded federal highway 54.
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In St. Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, a jetty on the banks of the Rhine was washed over by the flood.
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The water of the Rhine rose so high in Mainz-Kastel that the palm trees of a restaurant at the Schönborn bastion stood in the river water.
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A fireman in Kordel waded through the Bahnhofstrasse that was flooded by the Kyll during the night.
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Harald Tittel / dpa
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The streets of Esch (Ahrweiler district) also turned into torrents.
Numerous cellars were full.
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Thomas Frey / dpa
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In Gelsdorf, drivers still dared to go through the floods with their cars.
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