Heavy rain and heavy thunderstorms: The DWD warns of severe storms in NRW.
In Cologne the Rhine overflows its banks, Düsseldorf evacuates a district due to flooding.
It looks particularly bad in a city.
Munich / Cologne / Düsseldorf - alarm in NRW!
The heavy rain caused floods and floods in many parts of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The situation in Hagen is particularly dramatic.
Masses of mud and water
completely flooded
a district, according to
Der Westen
.
Floods and floods in North Rhine-Westphalia: Hagen asks the Bundeswehr for help, Düsseldorf reacts
The city has now even asked the German Armed Forces for help in clearing the infrastructure of mud and clearing roads.
Parts of the city center are no longer passable due to the flood.
Videos and photos on social media show streets, cars and other vehicles that are flooded by the masses of water.
Due to the extreme storm, the city has set up the first emergency shelters for citizens who cannot go back to their homes for the time being.
The situation in the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia is also alarming.
In Düsseldorf (around 620,000 inhabitants) the crisis team asked the citizens of the Ostpark settlement to “voluntarily leave” their homes because of the floods.
The metropolis of Cologne (around 1.08 million inhabitants) is also fighting against the floods.
The fire brigade is in constant use, the first footbridges are being built.
In many places the Rhine has already overflowed its banks.
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