The German chancellor visited southern Germany after numerous streams and rivers burst their banks and flooded entire towns and villages. At least four people have died in the floods.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged federal support for those affected by flooding in southern Germany.
During a visit to the town of Reichertshofen in the southeastern state of Bavaria, Scholz said solidarity is “what we as people most need.”
He was accompanied by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Bavarian Premier Markus Söder.
“We will do everything we can … to ensure that help can be provided more quickly,” he said, adding that the federal government will mobilize resources to that effect.
Scholz said that people in Germany must increasingly adapt to natural disasters, especially floods.
He warned against neglecting the “task of stopping man-made climate change.”
“This is also a warning that must be taken away from this event and this disaster,” he said.
