Wächtersbach (dpa / lhe) - Severe storms including heavy rain hit Wächtersbach in the Main-Kinzig district. On Saturday evening, due to a landslide, mud was washed onto the lanes of federal highway 276 in the area of the junctions with state highway 3194 and district highway 924, as a police spokesman said on Sunday. The road was closed for about two hours. Nobody got hurt.
In Wächtersbach itself, numerous streets were flooded with mud and rubble and several cellars were full, as the volunteer fire brigade Wächtersbach announced. The fire brigades from Wächtersbach were supported in their operations by forces from the fire brigades from Bad Orb and Steinau. The fire brigade pumped out the water in the cellars and rooms with waste water pumps and water suction devices and used sandbags to protect against the water running in. A mobile flood protection system was also installed at one point.
