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.
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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