Germany, bad weather is scary again. Controversy over alarm SMS discarded to avoid panic

BERLIN – After the flood, even the “usual thunderstorms” of the summer are scary: the announcement of the meteorological service Dwd the probability of rains in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia has alarmed the population. Experts were quick to say that localized forecasts can only be made close to the event. But the idea of ​​new showers, with rain up to 40 liters per square meter, is capable of awakening the nightmare, in a situation of already soaked soils and weakened if not completely destroyed barriers and embankments.