The district office in Fischach issued an order advising people to urgently leave their homes and avoid underground car parks and basements. Some people there had to be airlifted away by helicopter.
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00:00 Authorities in Germany have urged residents in the southern state of Bavaria to heed evacuation
00:07 orders as flooding continues to worsen.
00:12 Interior Minister Nancy Faeser urged residents to absolutely take seriously any warning messages
00:18 from emergency teams, adding that compliance can save lives.
00:23 Bavaria State Premier Markus Söder visited one affected area near Augsburg where days
00:28 of heavy rain has caused severe flooding.
00:31 He said flood water had caused enormous damage but that not all parts of Bavaria had been
00:36 flooded.
00:39 The district office in Fischach issued an order advising people to urgently leave their
00:43 homes.
00:44 Some people there had to be airlifted away by helicopter.
00:48 So far six districts have declared states of emergency and meteorologists are warning
00:53 of more rain and thunderstorms to come.
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