As per reports, the district office in Fischach has on Saturday (01 June)issued an order advising people to urgently leave their homes and avoid underground car parks and basements. The advisory emerged as some people there had to be airlifted away by helicopter.

• Bavaria’s state premier Markus Söder visited one affected area near Augsburg, northwest of Munich, where days of heavy rain has caused severe flooding.
• Personnel from the German Lifeguard Association have been deployed to evacuate residents by boat and tractors have also been used to move people.
• So far, six districts in the state have declared states of emergency and meteorologists are warning of more rain and thunderstorms still to come.