Video shows: Fireman swept away by floods - residents with spectacular rescue

The situation around the flood disaster is dramatic.

In Hagen, a firefighter was swept away by the current, but residents react with presence of mind.

Hagen - The storm catastrophe in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate delivers dramatic pictures and videos with sad regularity.

Cars that are carried away by the current like toys make it clear how great the risk of such flooding is.

Once trapped in it, people in particular are almost helplessly exposed to the power of nature.

In Hagen, a firefighter was swept away by the current, an amateur video shows how he fights the tide and tries to stay on the surface of the water.

But you can also see on the video: Courageously stepping in local residents who pull the fireman out of the current with their combined strength.

Storm disaster: residents rescue firefighter from dangerous current

According to current reports, the flood disaster has already cost the lives of more than 100 people and over 1,000 people are missing - the military disaster alarm has now been triggered.

The

now officially warning of a flood risk in Bavaria

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The firefighter, carried away by the current, might have become a part of this dramatic statistic if the residents of Hagen had not acted together with lightning speed.

Firefighter rescued from drowning by local residents

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Dramatic scenes in amateur video: Courageous rescue of a firefighter

The video, which quickly spread on social media, shows residents shouting loudly to attract the firefighter's attention. He desperately tries to fight his way through the current towards the edge, where after anxious seconds the first helping hands get hold of him and pull him out of the danger zone. It is scenes like this that show, even in such dramatic circumstances, that people are there for one another, help and support one another. The city of Hagen, an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, was hit hard by the flood disaster. According to

the city speaks of a flood of the century, in the meantime rescue tanks have been dispatched. After all: Dams made of sandbags have probably just prevented half the city center from being flooded, writes the

.