Several people are missing,” according to a tweet from the Cologne local authority about the landslide. “There are fatalities,” confirmed a spokeswoman for the district government of Cologne to German newspaper Welt on Friday. The local authority said in the tweet that emergency calls were coming from houses, but “rescue is not possible in many cases”. #Erftstadt: Disaster response units from Cologne and other local emergency services are responding to the severe flooding and landslides in Erftstadt-Blessem.pic.twitter.com/cHAcAcGnAz — I.E.N. After the extremely heavy rain on Wednesday resulting in flash floods, there were evacuations in several localities.

Source: The Local July 16, 2021 08:48 UTC