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Five Years After Ahr Flood: Acknowledging State FailuresOn the fifth anniversary, PM Schnieder apologized for state failures during the flood that caused at least 135 deaths and many injuries.
- Prime Minister Gordon Schnieder admitted state institutions failed to protect citizens during the catastrophic flood night.
- The disaster resulted in a minimum of 135 deaths and hundreds of injuries due to insufficient preparedness and human error.
- The government prioritizes the Ahr Valley with ongoing reconstruction and psychosocial support efforts.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz highlighted the state's responsibility to safeguard against natural disasters and pledged broad aid.
People are fallible. Organizations and institutions are fallible. It was fallibility that led to the Ahrtal not being prepared for this catastrophe.— Gordon Schnieder, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate (CDU), said this at the commemorative event on the anniversary of the flood disaster in the Ahrtal, on the market square in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.
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