The death toll from the natural disaster in western Germany has risen again to 156.

As reported on Sunday morning, July 18, a representative of the police department in Koblenz, the number of victims of the disaster in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate increased by another 12 people and reached 110. In North Rhine-Westphalia, 45 deaths were recorded by Saturday evening, 17 July.

In addition, at least one person died in flooding in the Upper Bavarian district of Berchtesgadener Land.. Thus, the number of deaths during the current environmental disaster is significantly higher than as a result of the so-called "

In flood areas in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, many people are still missing.. However, it is possible that the disappeared cannot make themselves felt due to the continuing lack of telephone and Internet communications in a number of regions..

The situation remains critical on the cracked dam holding back the Steinbach reservoir near Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. Water is being pumped out to avoid a dam burst, fraught with severe flooding.. However, according to local authorities, the danger will pass only when the reservoir is empty by two-thirds, and this, according to the most conservative estimates, is possible only by Sunday noon..

Meanwhile, after devastating floods in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia on July 17 in the evening, an emergency was declared in Upper Bavaria, where the situation was especially serious in the Berchtesgadener Land. On Saturday evening, the water level in the river Berchtesgadener Ache flowing there reached an all-time high of 3.15 meters. According to local authorities, 65 people were saved from flooding there..

The region of Saxon Switzerland in Saxony, where certain areas were cut off from the outside world, also suffered from severe floods.. Severe floods also occurred in Austria and eastern Belgium, where there are dead and missing. Reported by Deutsche Welle.