Germany and France remain on high flood alert

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The situation remains tense in the flood areas in Europe, as the German weather service warns of continuous rain and risk of rising water levels, and ten departments in France still on high alert.

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00:00 The situation remains tense in the flood areas of Europe.

00:04 The German weather service warns of continuous rain and water levels rising again.

00:09 Regions in Saxony-Arnont, Thuringia and Lower Saxony are particularly affected.

00:14 In France, ten departments are still under flood alert.

00:18 They are located in the west and north of the country.

00:21 In November, the villages of Bourgte and Lombre in the Pas-de-Calais department suffered unprecedented flooding.

00:27 Now, the scenario is repeating itself.

00:29 It's the second flood like the first one, so it's very, very worrying.

00:34 I wonder when it will stop and where we will be housed, because for the second time it's a shock.

00:43 Showers overnight and over the past few hours have caused several Pas-de-Calais rivers to burst their banks,

00:49 including the Arres, Lys and Hem.

00:52 Between 15 and 30 millimetres of rain are expected in the department over the next few hours.

00:58 [SWOOSH]

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