Kachelmann: An extreme event loomed before the flood

According to the weather expert Jörg Kachelmann, an extreme weather event for the southwest of North Rhine-Westphalia was already apparent days before the flood disaster.

On Monday, according to the weather models, it was actually known that something big was going to happen, said Kachelmann on Friday evening in the investigative committee of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia on the flood disaster in July on the weather models and the forecast on Monday, December 12th.

Düsseldorf - July.

"The information was all there," emphasized Kachelmann in his survey by members of the state parliament.

Why hadn't people been informed 24 hours in advance that something was coming that they had not yet seen?

- He asked that with a view to the events on July 13th and 14th, when extensive heavy rain led to floods and flooding.

"We always have enough time," emphasized Kachelmann.

If the events were to be repeated, not a single person would have to die, he emphasized.

also read

Traffic light: SPD and FDP reject warning of failure

A leading green state politician paints the specter of a new election on the wall: if the coalition negotiations on the climate do not go ahead.

But it is caught quickly.

Traffic light: SPD and FDP reject warning of failure

CDU federal chairmanship: Braun should be nominated as a candidate

Who will be the new CDU chairman?

According to the CDU Hessen, the outgoing head of the chancellery is to be nominated as a candidate.

This now indicates a three-way battle.

CDU federal chairmanship: Braun should be nominated as a candidate

Spain: dead donkeys cause scandal - animals died in the service of the government

50 donkeys were supposed to graze in a nature park in Spain to prevent forest fires.

But the project ends in a scandal: Several animals are dead.

Spain: dead donkeys cause scandal - animals died in the service of the government

Kachelmann had warned in a tweet on July 13th at noon that “it might be time to gradually prepare people for a flood scenario, both officially and in the media”.

The first floods occurred the following night.

The committee of inquiry in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia came about with the votes of the opposition MPs from the SPD and the Greens.

The committee is to investigate possible omissions, omissions or misjudgments by the CDU / FDP state government and subordinate authorities in connection with the devastating flood in mid-July with 49 deaths in North Rhine-Westphalia.

In the spring of 2022, a public report on the findings available up to that point is to be submitted to the state parliament.

There are state elections in May 2022.

dpa