ከ 1,300 ሺህ በላይ የፖሊስ መኮንኖች ፣ የእሳት አደጋ ተከላካዮች ፣ ወታደሮች እና ሌሎች የአደጋ ጊዜ እርዳታ ሰጭ ሰራተኞች በሪይንላንድ-ፓላቲን እና በሰሜን ራይን-ዌስትፋሊያ ፍርስራሽ ውስጥ ሲፈተሹ በግምት 1,000 ሰዎች ጠፍተዋል - እንዲሁም አጎራባች ባደን-ወርርትበርግ ።
An estimated 1,300 people remain missing, as more than 1,000 police officers, firefighters, soldiers and other disaster relief workers sift through rubble in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia - the two worst-hit states - as well as the neighboring Baden-Wurttemberg.