On Tuesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet visited Bad Münstereifel, which was badly hit by the floods.
Bad Münstereifel - Two days after her visit to Rhineland-Palatinate, Chancellor Angela Merkel * wants to get an idea of the flood situation in North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday.
The Chancellor will be with Prime Minister Armin Laschet * in Bad Münstereifel around noon, as the North Rhine-Westphalian state government announced.
Merkel and Laschet speak to representatives of aid organizations, helpers and affected citizens.
According to the information, the Chancellor and the Prime Minister will arrive in Bad Münstereifel around 11.55 a.m.
A joint press statement is planned around 1:50 p.m.
The flood disaster caused severe damage in the half-timbered town.
Floods in Germany: Merkel visits Bad Münstereifel together with Laschet
Chancellor Merkel was already in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the weekend and had a picture of the situation in the flood area around Adenau with Prime Minister Malu Dreyer. The Federal President also came to North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday: Frank-Walter Steinmeier had looked at the situation in Erftstadt, which was destroyed by the floods, at the invitation of Laschet. There, in the Blessem district, a huge landslide had swept away streets and houses. The break-off edge at the edge of the crater was last considered to be a risk zone.
Since Monday, several days after the flood disaster began in North Rhine-Westphalia, there has been a reason to breathe a sigh of relief: The Steinbach dam near Euskirchen, which has been threatened by floods for days, appears to be holding up.
The authorities had announced that there was no longer any risk of a dam breaking there.
Residents of the surrounding areas were able to return to their homes.
Video: Merkel calls the situation in the flood area "surreal, ghostly"
By Monday, the death toll rose to at least 164: 117 were confirmed from Rhineland-Palatinate and 47 from North Rhine-Westphalia.
In both federal states, it was not ruled out that further victims could be found.
(AFP / dpa / fmü)
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