1 | The most immediate problem is to control the floods. | |
2 | Meteorological Stations suggest that local departments take appropriate flood precautions. | |
3 | "This is less than one state in Germany is spending on improving its flood defences, " says the report. | |
4 | It would build more coastal and flood defences and invest in clean coal. | |
5 | As this year' s disaster unfolded, there was also no systematic management of flood-mitigation efforts. |