Die Welt writes about this.
It is noted that 1,300 people are still missing.
According to Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, the scale of the disaster has yet to be assessed.
As specified, about 900 Bundeswehr soldiers were sent to search for the victims.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in connection with the victims and other consequences of the cyclone that struck the West of Germany.