Germany under severe flooding. According to the report of the country’s news media Deutsche Welle, a firefighter died while carrying out a rescue operation in a rubber dinghy due to heavy floods. At least one person remains missing in southern Germany.
Due to the floods, rail services in various regions have been suspended. The country’s Meteorological Department said more rain is likely in the region.
Firefighters were trying to rescue residents of a collapsed house in the Bavarian town of Faffenhofen an der Ilm, reports said. Meanwhile, the 42-year-old volunteer died. The body of the person was recovered on Sunday morning. Local officials said other rescue workers in the rubber dinghy were alive.

A woman in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, is missing after her basement flooded. According to media reports, a 43-year-old woman was in the basement when the water level suddenly rose in the area. He has not been found since then. The house also collapsed.

Police and divers were dispatched to the scene but were unable to enter the lowest level of the house. On Sunday morning, the authorities decided to evacuate the house and the surrounding area.

On Sunday, Germany’s meteorological agency DWD issued a warning of fresh rain in already flooded areas. Parts of northern Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg could see up to 70 liters of rain per square meter on Sunday afternoon, the Met Office said.

A state of emergency has been declared in several parts of Bavaria due to rising waters of the Danube and other rivers.

Recent weather warnings say the storm could affect the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt as well as Thuringia. Part of Günzburg flooded by Danube Rescuers are evacuating people from the cities of Günzburg in Munich and Stuttgart due to the rising waters of the Danube River.

“Several parts of our urban areas are flooded. People are being rescued from their homes and apartments by boat and helicopter,” Mayor Gerhard Yewernish wrote in an online post. He urged the residents of Günzburg to stay at home, follow the instructions given by rescuers and keep roads closed to facilitate rescue operations.

After flooding in southern Germany, Bavarian state premier Markus Söder said 40,000 rescuers had been deployed in his state alone.

“The most important thing is to arrange a quick replacement (of the rescuers),” he told reporters. The longer rescuers work without rest, the greater the chance of mistakes. Fatigue can also lead to death and injury.

Meanwhile, Söder visited the affected city Markt Reiserstoffen together with the country’s economy minister Robert Habeck. Soder wants support from the federal government in both funding and manpower.

Two dams on the Par River, a branch of the Danube, collapsed near the Bavarian city of Faffenhofen an Ilm, local officials said Sunday.

Local residents are advised to leave their single-story houses and stay in higher floors of buildings. A fire department spokesman said it was unprecedented for the Pfaffenhofen area to be flooded.

In his words, “We have nothing more to do, we have to give up.” However, the fire department personnel are still working to save lives.

Olaf Schlatz’s ‘gratitude and respect’ to the rescuers

Chancellor Erauf Schultz expressed his condolences over the death of the firefighter in Pfaffenhofen. In a post on social media X, he thanked the rescuers and helpers. The German Chancellor also expressed his condolences to the firefighter’s family.

German railway operator DB has issued warnings about travel to flood-hit areas. Floods and landslides have canceled trains across southern Germany. Most trains are running late.

A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn (DB) said several connections to and from Munich, Stuttgart and Augsburg were affected. Meanwhile, trains between Munich and Berlin, the Swiss metropolises of Munich and Zurich, as well as Stuttgart and Frankfurt have been cancelled.