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A 120-year flood – this is what the environmental office of the city of Hagen speaks of. How did the residents experience the storm? And how do you go on now? This is what the “Important Today” podcast is all about.
The situation after the storms in western Germany is still dramatic. The flood disaster has now cost the lives of more than 50 people. Dozens are missing in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Politicians reacted promptly yesterday: Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz interrupted his vacation, the Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock also returned early from vacation and Armin Laschet, the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, visited the badly affected city of Hagen. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised the countries help.
Dreyer: “It’s a disaster”
A state of emergency has been declared in many places. We hardly know the pictures from there in Germany: people stand on roofs to be evacuated. In the district of Trier-Saarburg, the municipality of Kordel is cut off from the outside world. The place with around 2000 inhabitants is currently not accessible, said a district spokesman. Prime Minister Malu Dreyer said in a special meeting of the Rhineland-Palatinate state government: “It is a disaster. There are dead, missing and many who are still in danger.”
In North Rhine-Westphalia, too, the situation was sometimes very tense. Several people died in their flooded cellars. The situation in Hagen is particularly tense. The Environment Agency speaks of a 120-year flood, where a state of emergency has been declared. North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Armin Laschet visited the flood area yesterday to get an idea of the situation.
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Podcast “important today”
Sure, strong opinion, on the 12: “Today important” is not just a news podcast. We set topics and initiate debates – with poise and sometimes uncomfortably. This is what host Michel Abdollahi and his team speak out for stern– and RTL reporters: inside with the most exciting people from politics, society and entertainment. They let all voices have their say, the quiet and the loud. Anyone who hears “important today” starts the day with information and can have a sound say.
In the “Today important” podcast, Michel Abdollahi speaks with Michael Kaub, press spokesman for the city of Hagen. Since yesterday, the Bundeswehr has been supporting the emergency services there with tanks and helicopters.
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