Stock Photo - 14 January 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Martin Haller (SPD, l), chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament's committee of inquiry into the flood disaster, welcomes expert Bernhard Mühr, meteorologist from Karlsruhe, before his hearing in the plenary hall of the state parliament. The committee of inquiry is looking into the question of whether the extreme weather situation was foreseeable and why such destruction with 135 dead and hundreds injured could have occurred. Ten experts from Germany and Great Britain have been invited. The public meeting will also look at the role played by climate change and geographical conditions. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa. - Mainz/Rhineland-Palatinate/Germany