the, the dw news live and from berlin, thousands evacuating their homes up to some of the worst flooding to hit central europe in decades. 19 people and now been reported killed into flooding. many more are missing and authorities of warning that the worst maybe yet to come. meanwhile, large parts of central and western africa are also under water. unusually heavy rainfall and heavy flooded seeing hundreds of people dead and authorities declaring humanitarian crisis. and could he be the next chancellor of germany? the countries conservatives are bidding on friedrich mere. today they chose him. challenge chancellor, olaf shoulds in next year's election. the

breaking off is good to have you with this, we begin with the rising waters and the rising death toll here in europe. officials say at least 19 people that died in flooding across the central and eastern parts of the content from northern italy. a low pressure system is dumped record amounts of rain across australia, the czech republic, poland, hungary, and romanian. now you're looking at the rainfall forecasts for the next few days, the heaviest precipitation marked in dark blue. this means that evacuations continue with river levels, still rise. storm forest dumped over a months worth of rain on a large swath of europe, leaving a deadly trail of destruction for people living near the regions, waterways. the deluge was disastrous. a plus drama in the northeast check

republic is that the confluence of 4 rivers, at least one dike failed flooding the cities industrial center, as well as residential areas where hundreds re evaluated helicopters, pulled stranded people off of roofs and vehicles. we had to move out as we were in a flood zone. we have to wait for the water to drop a little. there's no water, no electricity. it's bad. some people have it worse. in south west, poland, lumnick resident said, flood waters had knocked out all the bridges, leaving the town isolated. the once picturesque central plaza is now full of debris and mud. so many of the losses are unimaginable for the city. all the bridges are broken, asphalt is coming off. the town doesn't have the funds to repair it. the city looks like an apocalypse. i would call it a ghost town. yes,

the wounded couple. calling you to let the catalog with this and you're still reading what the problem, the parts of austria had been swamped as well. the village of most b, a bomb was evacuated after a nearby dam broke and we were afraid, it was scary. we didn't know what we would do if we had to leave. it was a catastrophe. got this so i can explain it. it's awful. this is ricky. while the water has receded in some places, others are bracing for more throwing up sandbag barriers and keeping an eye on fluffed gauges. as the build up of high water moves down stream, climate experts say the regions, worst flooding in decades, didn't come out of nowhere. as, as the atmosphere warms, can hold more water, which will return to earth, sometimes with disastrous consequences. well,

as the flood waters received upstream, people are preparing for the worst down stream where river levels are set to peak later this week. now this includes parts and poland. our coverage continues in the polish town of lava, which has yet to see the worst of the flood waters. our report or market tour is there. the situation in poland for now is seems to be stable. we're now in the city of o y, which is 30 kilometers close to lots of them. a truck lea off slower, so easy a and they're the, the biggest floods has been happening. also the water came down from the czech republic. in here we're facing the biggest wave tomorrow by tomorrow, and right now the river of lava in the back is already at the tide of 7 meters and it will get critical tomorrow. so since yesterday the volunteers are helping with bringing send back to uh to the river and also smaller communities that don't have

any help. they have already close down some dams. and in the night, some areas, smaller villages have been flooded, was need to use my to where they're reporting from poland. i want to bring in now linda spade. she's a high drawing meteorologist, specializing in developing early warning systems, particularly for flooding. she joins me now from oxford. it's good to have you with this. i want to go from poland to austria, vienna's for defense system is said to protect the city, even from a 10000 year once and 10000 year flood. how would you rate the way it hits held up in this most recent round the flood? yes sir. yeah, it's. so it's kind of built on a massive slip planning. it should be a big moslin system. so when we're talking about the foot defense system in vienna, we actually mean the reason the city didn't exist that a torrent is because of civil engineering throughout history that is unable to develop the so we have some of the defenses on the river down you've itself which

include a gnostic that release channel them and then you've island, which i don't really well. it's not being big city from the, during the but we have seen starting from some of the smaller streams running through the city. and that's where i think we started to have this conversation about how well the for the defense system is worked. yeah, i mean, the, you know, certainly can afford to invest in a major flood defense system. but are there lessons for smaller towns and cities who might not have the same amount of resources of public funding? yes. how can i still received funding from the river from the smaller channels in vienna? i'm one of the reasons about taking people by surprise is those channels. they have nice space, the city is growing up around then we see the railway lines in the met her lines running directly alongside the river child it was. and that means when the water at the top, there's no way for it to go. so what we're starting to see around the world is peopling. even opening up that is coveted water systems, reconnecting the city to the green and blue spaces that should be in that so that

when the floods it doesn't come with such a shot. but suddenly it is a great big talk water pushing through the river side. the city center, you know, in central and eastern europe, there is a just toll from these floods, though, are you surprised that by the number i think we're talking about between 17 and 19 right now. um, are you expecting it to be more or what? what would you say it tells us about the current state of flood defense systems in your yes is this for this event was focused quite well. we could see it coming in the weather forecast systems last week is really obviously, this is going to be a lot of rain for some really high river levels. so actually i think the desktop quite low. it's devastating fruitless communities, but happy. so didn't happen inputted. but actually, the warnings were helpful, we could see brought to actions taking place, countries, reducing reservoir levels. so that was most space in the system for water. i'm. i think i room for boarding system has worked really well in this case. the problem is, warning system is not designed for these massive, you know,

really big events that we don't see very often there. when we say to people a big flood event coming. it's very difficult for anyone to comprehend what that really means when it's not seen as much work to coming down the rivers in the lifetime. and, you know, seeing the petition that was just in your video deals that are very destroyed electricity systems being cut out. it's hard to imagine that when you receive your black warning and not the thing for the warning specialist like myself, need to work on that about how we communicate, how fast these events are going to be before it happen. if you were an advisor to a mid size town in central europe, that is looking to deal in a more positive way with future flooding. what would you advise them that they should do 1st? so i think the really important thing is just look at how the community works. i'm thinking about what's gonna happen when it's low blood occurs is not just those

houses that are in the area where the water is going to be. it's not on affects without transport, infrastructure hospitals, the whole community fabric, the area so actually started thinking about how those things linked together in the community and how they will break down. and that's what, what the best way to deal with is what the real impacts are going to be on individual communities. and then you can design a system that can address those and for path people for those. and the only way to do that is to look really closely and get everyone in that community involved in those discussions right from the very beginning. yeah. what about our level or our or sensitivity to warning systems? do i dare say a lot of people would ignore warnings that come across radio, television, maybe even on your smartphone? what can we do to change that level of awareness to be mindful of the warning and how serious it is? yeah that's, that's a real challenge because what we don't want to do is, is that people, we know what are you pushing wanting about all the times,

like something really fast going to happen and people are just stressing about it. what we need to do is help people understand, but when these wanting a put out, then it's about to help them. perhaps we should be combining what is it proactive actions and helping people understand things they can do to, to reduce the impacts of the flight events. and we can combine those warning systems with an understanding of how people respond to these types of events that hopefully will be up to stop people ignoring them. because you know, we've got really good technology and focusing models and good science behind these warnings. so now we need to make sure that people take action on them when that's when they receive them. yeah, it can be a shame not to use the technology that's for sure. hydro meteorologist linda space . we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. so meanwhile, parts of central and western africa are also experiencing extreme whether the region is seen. heavy flooding afterward is unusually intense rainy season. the

result is a humanitarian crisis, with more than $500.00 people, dead, and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed chad. this year and now jerry are especially hard hit. the when says more than a 1000000 people have been impacted in shazlaw farm land that is vital for local communities and food security has been washed away for many. it's a situation that has gone from bad to worse case when c to dig works for the red cross climate center in burkina faso, he updated this on the situation in flood hit areas at the moment by newest ready. it's not so good. is that right there? and not far from it off for me, it is all from our police from the bank because everyone is reporting that this is indeed the situation which is really incapacity multi event or the regional which is now getting to be familiar with spots. what about getting help to the people who need it? most right, now, talk to me about the ability to do that. so what are the moments when

i take the kids up to bed plus, for example, i'm be having this of a funding that's be able to be delivered to communities in case of prior dyslexia is covered in process. so we have to do it. and in many countries, like in that area, for example, then does that service emergency and funds best for the kids of chapel, which is particularly city. it was necessary for us to use p short. i p because uh, the nice way to find a significant and the usual dress obviously majestic funds were not sufficient. let them. yeah, i want to pick up on chad for a moment. we know that many refugees from the war in sudan have left sudan and gone into chad. how are the floods affecting the relief work there? yeah, definitely. it makes things much more of the chance that you know, that even with doubts disliked these people were already in the particularly uh,

let's say a plus, tyler mentioned now when you fight and everything becomes did, you comes with even getting access to these people east, even more up from the kids and it is uh, if i made the see me dot com for you such as major. i mean by the way that it shows this climate prizes lots of hobby people sizes they're making the gift. busy to release the party be more difficult. the red cross, as i'm sure you're aware, is facing more and more of these double crises caused by climate change it. in addition to more political unrest, do you have the resources to handle this type of a double whammy? it was at the moment. of course this is not i do yet. the reckless ease doesn't pop all the cup. i see that you take spots you out. you may have seen that we sent us. we had developing quite a number of tools to be able to face these types of prizes. yup. done where to know

more in motor, non stop reaction for complex safe things into my complex. i think you mean find it an incomplete can also find it and maybe some of these are things that they wait for the spring to for we seem to get into. but as far seems it's, it's the beginning, it is important for us to publish and you did that to become more effective in upcoming events, where you're getting the majority of the resources that you need at the moment is, is it coming from governments in the area or are you having to seek more more from private sources? what is menu from governments? government supporting direct costs, more men lift up directors, movement. use the not just too many to the network network in the world. so it is mainly government. but of course, this is becoming less and less efficient than the result of the workforce. it also provides the pharmacy, the 10th, or the potential sources and private partners. indeed, also

a really good sources for us to get the funding needs to support those. that's how the most it needs to be filed against and things in confidence that develop said in the, in west africa and so far. and then decided that, you know, as you say, most of the resources traditionally have come from governments. public sources. do you get the impression that governments, particularly in this part of africa, that they are preparing for a future that will include more and more of these crises, climate change? brett, perhaps with political instability. do you mean governments from this? i haven't gone through the government defenders, but you can see the governments in this a hell region, a wedding decidedly on your mind. so that disagrees on his side complex because of the moments most of them are dealing with uh in security with no. so what did you call her presence in? do you think your son uh, jerry uh, shot as well as, uh,

people in countries in the central office, sometimes sides with money. these are not possible. so for them, it's not immediately possible for me to change my findings to your money, to the financial aid that these are start at the moment. so definitely there might be a managed to support these governments. the problem for more people. unfortunately, in the next few years and makes you dictates this is just waiting for worship. so even if a big fight it is a trinity prize is probably licensed excitement was these expect of the worse of so it's very important to support these governments that at the moment unfortunately, can not do much about the prices. cuz when see to get them out with the red cross climates and we appreciate your time today. thank you. thank you. and his round up now, some of the other stories making headlines, wildfires in portugal and clean to least 7 lives, including 3 portuguese firefighters who died tuesday with their vehicle was trapped

by flames within a 1000 firefighters in the central regions of portugal, or racing to save as many homes as possible, help is also arriving from france, greece and neighboring spain, lebanese and state medias a hundreds of people have been injured after pagers used by the hezbollah middle initial group exploded simultaneously across b route and southern loving. not as bull of fighters and medics are among the wounded uranian media are reporting that the reigning ambassador to 11 on has also been in for molly's military government. and it says it's foiled and attacked by terrorist on the outskirts of the capital bombing. the armies says government tried to infiltrate a police school. the west african nation has been plagued by violence from rubber groups for over a decade. but the tax in the capital are rear. the u as a rapper and producer shown did he call. this has been charged with racketeering and 6 trafficking by in new york court. is lawyer say the rapper formerly known as

puff daddy, will plead not guilty to all charges in march. investigators rated comes mansions in los angeles and miami back here in europe in germany. the opposition leader friedrich merits looks almost certain to become the chest or candidate for his conservative christian democrat party and next year is federal election merits. who leads the center right? cd you party received an endorsement from his closest arrival of the press conference. here in berlin. today, opinion polls put the conservative block ahead of the current and for governing coalition. here in berlin. merits is calling for a tougher line on immigration. a key issue for voters from a transfer over schultz is 3 party governing coalition is funding for its political survival, limited in fighting at a loss of voters supports fears more now from friedrich mentioned earlier today to get to the phones,

we're now looking ahead and the federal election is in just over a year on september 28th, 2025, w from elf. com. we know that we have a number of tasks. click another thing, but we are also looking at the current situation cuz me to talk, but we have already achieved something while an opposition with wholesale up was its own house. it's also a vice drones easy look at migration policy. can we go to lunch for the take on without us ones that are clear position on these issues at the tone? and these are some of the federal government's decisions. so i probably would not have been made. we saw it to in these are form michigan even if you haven't, we have persuaded the federal government to make one or 2 decisions. so to do better now, who does it is still not good enough for me. is this, which is why we're sticking to our clear position or clock and posing that it is necessary to turn people back at the borders of so at least for a time is good enough. we will continue to work this out with the federal government as we go. invite to also talking about our political correspondent huns brian. he was at the press conference here in berlin. i asked him, are we looking at the next chancellor in germany?

the way things look at the bottom, and that seems very likely. yes. as you said, the house show that the cd us by far the strongest party at the moment other on 30 percent, the next strongest spot is the fall right. alternative for germany and any off to that is or not shows the tron. so this policy, the social democrats in the polls as around 15 percent. so the way things stand at the moment, the conservative look almost certain to win, but it's almost a year. it's more than a year until the elections take place. that's a very long time in politics. as good as mass has just basically eliminated his politic internal arrival from bavaria about in the past election 3 years ago. the bavarian party um the lots to week and it's kind of the conservative kind of the time. there's hope that that will be avoid at this time wrong, but there's no certainty of that. so that could even be project internal criticism or problems still coming up. and then with the mouse and his personality is also

somebody who's not exactly the most popular politician in germany. he comes off in the across as a, as a bit arrow gun. and he's impulsive, he can be quite scathing in his comments, so there's a long way to go, a long hill to climb or a mountain to climb. yeah, and the, the courage governing coalition is you said that the parties, the 3 parties that make up the current government, that they're, they're pulling numbers or dismal. how do you expect them to react moving forward now that they know who their main contender is going to be to? well, we all assume the chance of the for charlottes will be the candidate of the social democrats. he was quoted today as saying that it's okay for him, that's good. which mounts will be the candidate of the conservative. so he's presenting a very um, relaxed a tight facade to this. so, so far the co edition government has been saying that they should just continue governing that should to pass the laws that they want to pause. they should show to

people that think they can be reliable and governments that they can complete the plans that they have been laying for so many months, especially on the issue of migration with several agreements have been signed recently and so on. but obviously the coalition has been very fracture as in the, in the past 2 months and years has been, has been a lot of in fighting. it's done lots to describe that itself as it were amongst voters. so the question is really whether in it's coming. yeah, the coalition government will be able still to consolidate its way of, of ruling of running the country, whether that's to put suede voters. but at the moment, it looks very much as though this coalition is not likely to re be re elected to win the election next year. our political corresponding with the ponds abroad, with the latest right here in berlin. ponds as always, thank you. where they are the most vulnerable in $119.00 children with cancer must undergo treatment many times in the country played with its own

melodies of political instability, economic crisis, and a conflict on the border with israel. the children's cancer center of living on in be rude, has treated more than 5000 children in the last 2 decades. but the hospital faces serious disruption as private donations are drawing up a semi or is 9 years old. she's fighting cancer. so we have like all the other children here for set of negative i enjoy the activities and i draw and paint when i was coming here. do you want me to you prefer it to be home? oh, i like it to you better than her. and yes, and she was for she was diagnosed with cancer in her blood and bone marrow and came here for treatment. us to relapse in glass to you. her mother has brought her back from the center, welcomed us once again and covered all the treatment expenses. think god,

we were able to overcome this again shall fall and i was, it wasn't for the centers, financial and moral support. we wouldn't have been able to make it through the hard times. there's no government's money for these children. the treatment is completely covered by donations. this is the hens of hope was covered with the names of those who have donated money to make the center work. but the trouble is, they've been on as an economic, lots and effectively as for. so if your people are making contributions, putting this place at the risk donations are celebrated on the rules throughout the center, but many where the local currency and have therefore lost 90 percent of the advisor building because he is we had so many challenges from this evaluation of the card and see through the crisis to the war and the, all of the got a blind us to of kansas some of our events. and that affected the budget that we

need to days. and so putting some face time to this year, we adrea, we have a deficit, a 50 percent of the needs of a month. and this we have a good basis of not being able to accommodate the number and enjoyed the new patients that are diagnosed with kansas. the center is struggling. and yes, it's important because for almost half of the childhood cancer patients independent assessment is a bit of the center piece of vice cancer more than a decade ago. he's buck not because of his health, but the support of the patients and their products. man, well, it's my safe haven for them, but when i feel stressed, i visit this place where i grew up. i then realized that everything is silly compared to what i went right. it was a tough but the beautiful experiences with enough icons is over this place that makes me feel safe, even today as an estimate. but i'm

a lot of to my tells me this is free for its parts are just and this is the bell that children ring when they leave the center healthy. it's all these last course of chemotherapy is cleared of cancer. the into the future. if the center is too funny, when he's older, perhaps people tend to support others. this is a nice bill sound to hear. all right, just a reminder of the top story, we're following this hour, at least 19 people have been killed in severe flooding across central europe. flooding is the worst some regions of seen in more than 20 years. tens of thousands have been forced to lead situation in many areas, remains critical as more rivers versus their big deal. gail is of next at the top

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