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I noticed threads pertaining to the title are scattered all over the forum, so we might as well pool further news of calamities from around the world in here. I'll make a start with a bit of an emergency unfolding in Western Germany right now.
Catastrophic flashfloods have devastated villages in the Southern Rhineland during the night. Two firefighters drowned during rescue operations. The worst-hit municipality, a town called Schuld near the famous Nürburgring race track, reports thirty people feared dead after a deluge of water brought down at least six houses. The nearby Steinbachtal dam is at risk of imminent collapse, say the authorities and have ordered widespread evacuations. (Source, German)
Rest in peace. Terrible way to go, being swept away in your sleep.
Edit: The police now say up to 60 people are missing, with four confirmed dead.
Catastrophic flashfloods have devastated villages in the Southern Rhineland during the night. Two firefighters drowned during rescue operations. The worst-hit municipality, a town called Schuld near the famous Nürburgring race track, reports thirty people feared dead after a deluge of water brought down at least six houses. The nearby Steinbachtal dam is at risk of imminent collapse, say the authorities and have ordered widespread evacuations. (Source, German)
Rest in peace. Terrible way to go, being swept away in your sleep.
Edit: The police now say up to 60 people are missing, with four confirmed dead.
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