Germany suffered its worst natural disaster in decades when flash floods swept through the Ahr Valley in 2021, killing more than a hundred people. The speed and force of the floodwaters caught local communities by surprise. Five years on, we look at whether lessons have been learned in times of climate change.
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Chapters:
00:00 Germany remembers 2021 Ahr Valley flood disaster
00:30 Over 130 people were killed in the flood
01:55 Coping with the trauma
03:08 Combating flood amnesia
04:18 Different paths to achieving closure
04:45 Heidi Kreibich, Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam
05:12 Lessons Germany has learned after the Ahr Valley disaster
06:49 Would the region be better prepared today?
08:09 Assessing and communicating flood risk amid climate change
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