Floods and landslides caused destruction in the South Sulawesi region of Indonesia. More than 100 houses, some roads, and a bridge received major damage, while 42 houses were completely destroyed. The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure stated that a total of 15 people, 14 of whom were in Luwu, were killed. Four others survived the landslides and floods with injuries.
In Cologne, Germany, 20,500 people were evacuated after three unexploded World War II bombs were discovered during roadworks in the Deutz district. Authorities launched the city’s largest evacuation since 1945 to safely defuse the bombs, which included two one-ton and one 500-kg US-made devices.
The operation affected 58 hotels, 9 schools, a hospital, nursing homes, and museums. Three bridges over the Rhine, rail lines, and ship traffic were temporarily shut down. Bomb disposal teams from Düsseldorf worked to defuse the bombs during the day. Such wartime bomb finds remain common in Germany, especially in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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