During the Dürkheim sausage market, thousands of people were asked via Katwarn to sing the Palatinate anthem. The district administration says it was a mistake. At the beginning of the week, an appeal ...

How does KATWARN work? KATWARN is a general warning system. That means, it is supposed to inform and advise people in case of a broad range of dangers, such as extreme weather situations, large fires, ...

Planning for an emergency is never easy, for the simple reason that it is impossible to predict the precise nature of the emergency or when it is likely to occur. This was admirably illustrated during ...

The devastating storms of the past few days could repeat themselves as early as next Tuesday or Wednesday after Whitsun, especially in Saarland. This is what meteorologist Özden Terli told the ...