Latest Updates: Severe Floods in Erftstadt and Euskirchen
Overflowing Waters Plague Southern NRW Regions - Overflowing rivers in South Rhine-Westphalia region: Deluge submerges homes, disrupts daily life, and causes evacuation orders.
Hey there! Let's talk about the recent havoc caused by torrential rain and storms in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Nothing puts a damper on the weekend like a flood, right? Well, that's exactly what happened in the southerly regions of this state on Saturday. Places like Erftstadt and Euskirchen (between Bonn and Aachen) saw flooded streets and basements, but thankfully, no injuries were reported.
You might be familiar with Erftstadt, a quaint town with around 500 residents, which was hit particularly hard. The town was pretty much underwater, with water approximately half a meter high, and many basements submerged. As a result, the entire place was left without power, according to the local cops.
On the brighter side, the Euskirchen district cops spoke of relatively fewer deployments - just a handful of streets and cellars with a bit of water.
The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned us of some wicked thunderstorms with the potential to pack a punch, mainly focusing on the south of NRW. They predicted locally up to 40L of rain per square meter in a short span and gusts of up to 100km/h, and a hefty dose of hail was not out of the picture either. And if that wasn't enough to get your heart racing, more thunderstorms were forecasted for the night to Sunday.
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Erftstadt
- Euskirchen
- Flooding
- Rhein-Erft district
- Storm
- NRW
- Police
- Bonn
- Aachen
- Cologne
- Due to the severe flooding in Erftstadt, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, many basements were submerged, causing a temporary power outage according to the local police.
- The German Weather Service (DWD) had issued a weather forecast warning of intense thunderstorms in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, predicting locally up to 40 liters of rain per square meter in a short time, gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour, and the possibility of hail.
