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DWD Raises Red Alerts for Life-Threatening Rains in Southwest Germany

Forecasters expect 50 to 80 liters per square meter, locally near 100, through Thursday, with flood risk, overloaded drainage and Alpine snowfall down to about 1,800 meters.

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Overview

  • Alarmstufe Rot and Unwetterwarnungen cover the Saarland and parts of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, with Bavaria’s Unterfranken also under high-level alerts through Thursday morning.
  • Within 30 to 36 hours, 50 to 80 l/m² are forecast and isolated peaks near 100 l/m² are possible, prompting DWD’s warning of Gefahr für Leib und Leben from flooding, full basements and landslides.
  • Emergency services have raised readiness and report first local impacts such as overloaded sewers, flooded cellars and isolated fallen trees, while authorities in Baden-Württemberg currently see no statewide flood situation.
  • In Bavaria, earlier county flood notices were lifted on Tuesday, but new rain and wind alerts returned Wednesday for Nordschwaben, Westfranken and the northern Free State, with mountain gusts up to about 80 km/h.
  • Weather remains sharply split, with persistent rain and 8 to 15 degrees in the south and southwest, while the north sees dry, sunny conditions and higher daytime temperatures.