20. Sep 2024 | Flood 2021, Flutplattform, General
At its 72nd plenary session today, the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament discussed the final report of the Committee of Inquiry 18/1 ‘on the flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate, its consequences and the legal and political responsibility of the state...
9. Sep 2024 | Flood 2021, General
The 2,100-page final report of the ‘Flood Disaster’ committee of enquiry covers various areas, including the establishment of the committee, the mandate of the enquiry, the course of the taking of evidence and its assessment and results. The report also contains...
23. Aug 2024 | Flood 2021, Flutplattform, General
Red Cross nurses from the DRK sisterhoods ‘Bonn’ e.V. and ‘Württemberg’ e.V. were honoured by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser with the ‘Flood Relief 2021’ medal for their efforts during the flood disaster in the Ahr valley. This honour recognises their...
17. Jul 2024 | Flood 2021, Flutplattform, General
14 July marked the third anniversary of the devastating flood disaster. Triggered by an extremely heavy rainfall event in western Germany, the floods claimed the lives of 135 people and destroyed numerous houses and infrastructures, leaving their mark on the lives of...
19. Feb 2024 | Allgemein, Flood 2021
Last Friday, 16 February 2024, the 4th and for the time being last Flood Relief Conference was held at the Federal Academy for Civil Protection and Civil Defence in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. The motto of the joint event organised by the DRK Landesverband Nordrhein e.V....
24. Jan 2024 | Flood 2021
Two years of intensive research have now produced the summarized results of the BMBF-HoWas2021 project, the final publication of which was released today. The publication focuses on crisis communication and governance during the devastating July floods in Germany in...
