Muds meet Weimar: Family urgently needs help!

Muds meet Weimar: Family urgently needs help!

The weather front caused considerable devastation in Thuringia on June 1st. The Weimar Land was particularly affected, where ravard-hearted heavy rain turned streets into raging streams and rolled the mud and scree avalanches through the districts. The firefighters worked around the clock to cope with the damage that was devastating, especially in the rural community on the Ettersberg. According to the reports of Thuringia24, many families are dependent on help in these areas.

In the rural community, neighbors, friends and family have already actively supported the mud that entered courtyards and houses. However, a affected family urgently needs support for the reconstruction. Luise, a friend of this family, started a call for donations via the Gofundme platform. On their side you can see moving pictures of the destruction that give a deep insight into the situation in which people are.

water and mud add roads

Likewise in Bad Berka, the flood floods caused damage. In the Tannroda district, the gravel piled up to half a meter, several streets were temporarily completely closed. The sewage system was overwhelmed when large amounts of precipitation outdoors out and the streets were up to 30 centimeters under water. The fire brigade also had to move out of several places to cope with the situation. In Kranichfeld, damage by a thunderstorm cell was also reported.

The traffic situation was chaotic when an accident with three vehicles on rain wet roads passed on the A4 near Weimar, a person was slightly injured and damage of around 50,000 euros was caused. The German Weather Service (DWD), which warned the population of further severe thunderstorms, also drew attention to the grievances and the frequent extreme weather events.

climate change as a background factor

But there is a worrying trend: climate change sterorously brings with it heavier weather events. According to a DWD project for the classification of extreme weather events, it is shown that the number and intensity of these events are expected to increase. Tobias Fuchs from the DWD speaks that climate change increases the risks enormously. The project examines precipitation data from 2001 to 2020 and shows that extreme heavy rain events become more intense due to rising temperatures.

While these storms can have different effects on site, the local conditions are crucial. So it is important to take right measures for the future to improve population protection. The DWD emphasizes that there is a lack of a nationwide and overarching database in order to better master the challenges. A uniform system for recording operational data could be helpful here.