Photo: DPAFire crews in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, have said that they are preparing for the worst case scenario of evacuating areas of the town, as water levels continue to rise in the rain. With a whole residential area of town under threat from the rising river level, 1,100 people could be told to leave their homes. “The Innerste reached a record level last night,” a city spokesman confirmed on Wednesday, adding that the level beat a previous record set in 2007. Flooding has hit several other regions of Lower Saxony over the past two days, including Holzminden and Hameln-Pyrmont. The German Weather Service (DWD) has predicted more rain for Lower Saxony and Thuringia throughout Wednesday and has issued a weather warning for large parts of the east of the country.

Source: The Local July 26, 2017 07:52 UTC