German Chancellor Olaf Scholz toured flooded regions in the southwest, where rivers have burst their banks and caused flash floods and landslides after heavy rainfall.
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00:00 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz cancelled a European election campaign event this weekend
00:07 to visit one of Germany's most flooded regions. Heavy rains over the past week has swelled
00:14 rivers in the southwestern state of Saarland, causing flash flooding and landslides.
00:19 "We see here and can also through all the messages we have received since the event
00:26 in the whole drama, which violence nature has, what kind of destruction it can cause
00:33 and how much we have to prepare ourselves for such events."
00:36 Emergency services have responded to thousands of requests for help amid what some are claiming
00:42 to be the area's worst flood in 30 years. Roughly 100 kilometres away, the River Moselle
00:48 has breached its banks in Traben-Trabach. The idyllic town has been hit by high water
00:54 with many cars towed from high water zones.
00:57 [WHOOSH]