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Life-Threatening Storms Lash Southern Germany as DWD Issues Top Alerts

A low south of the Alps is channeling very moist air into the Alpine foreland, focusing torrents over the Bodensee region with flash‑flood risk into southeast Bavaria.

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Overview

  • Fire and rescue crews logged more than 100 deployments around the Bodensee, including over 70 in Radolfzell, with the THW assisting in nearby Moos.
  • Deutsche Bahn halted service between Stahringen and Radolfzell due to flooding and set up bus replacements, while the L220 near Böhringen was closed after being inundated.
  • Todtmoos in the Black Forest measured about 118 liters of rain per square meter in 24 hours as the DWD warned of local rates up to 50 l/m² per hour and totals approaching 100 l/m².
  • Bavaria’s flood service cautioned that locally extreme flash floods are possible from the Landshut area to the Berchtesgadener Land, though widespread river flooding is not expected.
  • Conditions are forecast to ease in southern Germany from Friday, whereas northern Italy and the Adriatic coast face renewed severe storms after mudflows isolated parts of the Aosta Valley.