A heavy storm with heavy rain triggered flash floods in the Allgäu.
Whole towns were partially overfilled.
The rescue operations continue.
A video shows the terrifying floods.
Rettenberg / Munich - Severe storms * are currently sweeping across Bavaria.
Serious damage is reported from all over Upper Bavaria and Swabia.
Fire brigades are in constant use in many places.
In the Allgäu, the storms have turned mountain streams into raging rivers.
Storms flood the Allgäu: Video from Rettenberg shows the dimensions
The masses of water raged particularly badly in the municipality of Rettenberg in the Allgäu Alps.
The place is north of Sonnthofen and west of Immenstadt.
The video that a reader sent us on Monday evening shows how a street in the small town becomes a torrent.
Memories of the catastrophe of the century in the Eifel are awakened.
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Masses of water in Rettenberg in the Allgäu carry everything with it after a heavy rain storm on Monday evening.
A screenshot from the video above.
© Merkur.de
In the current video, a car is washed away by the floods.
Logs thunder across the street at high speed.
The rescue measures are still in full swing.
Fire brigades, THW and rescue services from all over the Oberallgäu district are in action.
Storms in Bavaria leave a trail of devastation - the extent of the damage is not yet clear
Nobody can provide any information about the extent of the damage at the moment.
Nothing is known about the injured either.
We will speak to the fire department shortly for more information.
Operations and damage are reported from all over Upper Bavaria, Swabia and Franconia.
According to initial information, hail showers damaged cars and houses in the Weilheim-Schongau district, for example.
The region was only devastated by a super cell on Sunday evening.
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