Dead, missing and destroyed houses in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
This time the floods did not occur in Bavaria.
Bavarian rescue workers are now helping in the crisis areas.
Munich - Bavaria was spared the great flood disaster this time and is sending rescue workers to the crisis areas in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia.
"Edelweiß" helicopters from the Bavarian police and air rescue specialists from the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) support the helicopter squadron in Rhineland-Palatinate in rescuing people from the flood areas.
After severe storms in western Germany - Söder agrees to help
Help for North Rhine-Westphalia, which is also badly hit, is being considered, said a spokesman for the BRK.
The rescue workers of the BRK are trained to abseil down from helicopters and rescue people from houses.
In Bavaria itself it was relatively quiet on Thursday night despite heavy rain, as the police said.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU) expressed his condolences to the relatives of the victims in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
"In this dire situation, solidarity is required: Bavaria is offering North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate any help to repair the damage caused by the catastrophic storm *," said the CSU chief on Thursday of the German press agency.
At the end of the CSU retreat in Seeon Abbey in Upper Bavaria, he called for “forward-looking climate protection”.
The flood disaster shows that climate change will “keep us busy” and that measures are “very important”.
Severe weather in western Germany (video)
The risk of flooding in Bavaria is decreasing
Due to heavy rain in parts of Bavaria, the Bavarian State Office for the Environment is currently warning of local increases in individual water levels in the flood situation report.
"Extreme flash floods" cannot be ruled out there.
Most of the flood waves had run across Bavaria.
Currently, only the Thann / Altmühl and Laufermühle / Aisch flood levels are in a higher reporting level.
The German Weather Service (DWD) expected individual thunderstorms * for Thursday afternoon and evening.
There should be heavy rain, small hail and strong to stormy gusts locally.
In the Allgäu, the DWD predicts showers and thunderstorms.
In the night of Friday, however, the meteorologists expect a temporary decrease in thunderstorm activity before Friday becomes similar to the previous day from noon.
The Federation of Nature Conservation in Bavaria called for a rethink of flood protection “in view of the dramatic heavy rain events”. "Water storage in the area, ie in the soil and in the landscape" is needed instead of soil compaction, river straightening and drainage of wetlands, according to state chairman Richard Mergner. This is the most effective protection against floods and drought.
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