While the water levels in the flooded areas in southern Germany begin to fall in some places and the clean-up work is underway, the debate focuses on the damage – and ways to prevent it in the future. So far, five people have been confirmed dead. The German Insurance Association expects a major damage event, although it is still too early to make a definitive damage estimate. The insurance companies estimate the damage caused by the floods in Germany’s Saarland region a few weeks ago to range between 200 and 300 million euros.