Germany braces for further downpours today after storms caused major floods, and the emergency services responded to numerous signals in several parts of the country, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
Police said authorities responded to more than 100 reports of flooded basements and underpasses following the storm and heavy rainfall in the southwestern city of Rachtstatt, located about 90 km from Stuttgart. No injuries have been reported, but significant damage is expected.
Due to the torrential rains, water also leaked into the book stores of the Berlin Central and Regional Library. In “Instagram” A post on the library's profile shows staff carrying buckets of water out of the flooded premises.
"There are hundreds of thousands of books there, some of which are old and in great danger," library director Jonas Fanza told Er Be Be TV. According to the television, the rainwater drainage pipe in the building has burst.
In the state of Hesse, police and services were removing fallen trees from two highways after a severe storm and flooding. In the eastern state of Saxony, a train collided with two fallen trees but did not derail. They have now been derailed.
In the southern state of Bavaria, streets and basements were flooded, and trees fell, a spokesman for the control center of the Fire Service in Rosenheim said.
According to the German Meteorological Service, more rain and thunderstorms are expected today, mostly in the eastern and southern parts of Germany, as well as in some central regions of the country.