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Footage from the village of Windehausen in Thuringia depicted homes, fields, and streets submerged in floodwaters, with displaced individuals seeking refuge at an emergency shelter.
Bodo Ramelow, the governor of Thuringia, cautioned from the shelter on Monday that it might take several days before people could safely return home.
He stated: "They will only be able to return when the cellars have been pumped out, when the electricity is back on, and when the connection to the sewage system has been restored."
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In the western German city of Oberhausen, firefighters and officials from the Federal Agency for Technical Relief worked to fortify a dike on the river Ruhr with sandbags to prevent flooding caused by the elevated water levels.
