Overview

• Heavy overnight rain sent water from a retention basin into an underground garage and nearby buildings in Nuremberg.
• Firefighters and Technisches Hilfswerk deployed more than 100 personnel to control the situation through the night.
• Responders reinforced the damaged section with sandbags and lowered the basin’s water level to reduce pressure.
• Water entered several elevator shafts, which teams pumped out, and parked vehicles were retrieved without damage.
• No injuries were reported, bus routes were temporarily diverted, and the operation concluded by morning.