The publication, citing the district administration, reports that due to the disaster, some cities are now out of the access zone.

Neustadt, Sebnitz, Bad Schandau, Reinhardtsdorf-Schön and Gorisch were particularly affected by the downpours.

People are asked not to go down to basements, subways and underground parking lots and to be careful on the roads.

In the rivers Kirnitz, Sebnitz and Lachsbach, a sharp rise in water level was recorded.

Earlier, the authorities introduced an emergency regime in the Berchtesgadener Land area due to flooding.

The death toll in western Germany has reached 133.