what's the situation like with you, moritz?ame situation, there was a complete black out, there was a shut down, but now, the electricity, the power comes back. so a lot of houses have gas, have water, have electricity again. but it comes back and back shortly because there are still lots of basements which are full of water, and you can't go to the stations there to make it better now. so it's a really difficult situation and the people will need lots of time to recover from it. absolutely, a lot of time, a lot of support. people are rallying around and there are so many volunteers. the newspapers, though, calling this the flood of death. moritz, have you ever seen something like this in your lifetime in this area? never. that was the heaviest rain i've ever seen. it was like flooding who took cars, who take trees, it was unbelievable. i can't describe it. so no—one would have thought that this rain would be that heavy, that there would be this flooding. yeah, i can't describe it. you have seen the pictures, it is really hard.

earlier, we heard from moritz friedenberg, a journalist at radio hagen, the local station for hagen,many's north rhine—westphalia region. in the morning we spoke to the fire department in hagen and they told us that the situation starts relaxing a little bit, so the water level drops and the rivers go back, in the morning we spoke to the fire department in hagen and they told us that the situation starts relaxing a little bit, so the water level drops and the rivers go back, but there is still lots of work to do and you can imagine there are lots of people who have insecurity at the moment. moritz, when you say the water level is receding, and they told us that the situation starts relaxing a little bit, moritz, when you say the water level is receding, that doesn't necessarily mean the problems are over, does it? all no, the problems start now because now you see the damage that was caused, there was lots of heavy rain in the last few days. this last night there was no rain and we are really lucky for it, but there are basements that are full of water. the water damage to streets, l

another town hugely affected in the same state we are in now is harden and we can speak now to moritzlast few days when this first initially happened. it is good of you to join us once again. talk us through the situation there, because in erftstadt recovery is taking place but it has been devastating for the local community. for sure. devastating for the local community. forsure. first devastating for the local community. for sure. first the good news, the water— for sure. first the good news, the water level— for sure. first the good news, the water level keeps dropping and there was no _ water level keeps dropping and there was no heavy rain for three days. the people — was no heavy rain for three days. the people are very happy about it, but how _ the people are very happy about it, but how we — the people are very happy about it, but how we actually sat, the real work, _ but how we actually sat, the real work. the — but how we actually sat, the real work, the main work has to be done now _ work, the main work has to be done now streets — work, the main work has to be done now. st

that was moritz friedenberg speaking to me earlier.from one in 160 in the previous week. and the key thing here is that this is the highest number since the week two february sixth, so you can see that on the screen and when it comes to wales, we are talking one in 360, northern ireland will one in 290 and in scotland that figure is one in 90. so those are statistics coming from the office for national statistics. you can find more of a breakdown on their website as well. let�*s stay with covid and the main lines concerning the pandemic. as the number of people getting "pinged" in the uk continues to rise, business leaders are also now warning some shops and factories may have to temporarily close because so many employees are isolating. the transport rmt union has also warned of a further surge in self—isolation from monday, due to confusion over masks on public transport services in england. more than half a million people in england and wales were told to self—isolate by the app last week. that�*s an increase of 46%, compared with t

so, like moritz was saying, there is still a lot of shock, and awful lot of questions, but the recoverythe recovery efforts are beginning, they are under way, and we have been here throughout the whole course of the day. most of this bypass behind me had been completely flooded, but as you can see, there are so many cars now that had been removed, that grim operation, to discover if there are any remains. thankfully, not here, everybody was able to get away safely from the rains, but the sheer force of the rains, there are metal signs that have just been completely bent under the sheer force of the water that had gushed through here. itjust shows the level and intensity of the water flooding through this area. indeed. i was reading that one of the highest priorities for the german government was the restoration of the mobile network. what sort of issues has that caused for both residents and the emergency services? absolutely huge issues when it comes to the mobile networks. we've had intermittent breakages in mobile networks. it is much better at the moment. at the beginning of the day