19. Sep 2024 | General
As part of the FloReST research project, measures are being developed to improve the resilience of urban infrastructures to heavy rainfall events. The new FloReST smart app enables citizens to independently record and report problem areas in connection with flooding...
18. Sep 2024 | General
FLORIAN 2024, which takes place in Dresden from 10 to 12 October, begins in less than four weeks. Saxony’s Minister of the Interior Armin Schuster will open the trade fair for fire services, civil defence and disaster control, where 350 exhibitors from 15...
16. Sep 2024 | General
At the nationwide Warning Day 2024, which took place on 12 September, 95 percent of the 112,822 respondents were successfully reached by the warning systems. Cell broadcast, which was used by 76 per cent of participants, once again proved to be the most effective...
16. Sep 2024 | General
A recent study commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) shows that the majority of German municipalities are actively working on climate adaptation measures. Of the 1,062 cities and municipalities surveyed, over 40 per cent have already implemented...
13. Sep 2024 | General
On Friday, 20th September 2024, MPs in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament will discuss the final report of Investigation Committee 18/1 ‘on the flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate, its consequences and the legal and political responsibility of the state...
