Following days of intense rain that submerged most of the area, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was scheduled to visit the flood-ravaged south of the country on Monday.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their houses over the weekend in the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
After a dam broke in the Ebenhausen-Werk, Bavaria, region, 800 residents were advised to abandon their houses as the situation worsened overnight and into Monday.
As the water level increased, the Danube district of Regensburg joined many places to proclaim a state of emergency.
Scholz was supposed to go to Reichertshofen, a region in Bavaria near some of the worst-hit areas for floods.
The chancellor, along with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder, is expected to arrive in the flood zone at around 11:00 am local time (0900 GMT).
A volunteer firefighter, 42, was discovered deceased on Sunday after the overturning of his boat during a flood rescue mission.
A 22-year-old volunteer remained unaccounted for after his boat capsized over the night and into Sunday.
The abnormally high waves and strong currents forced the local police to halt their search for the missing rescue worker.
If things got better, the hunt was scheduled to start up again on Monday.
All impacted regions were spared severe rain and storm warnings until Monday morning, according to the German Weather Service (DWD).
However, some rain may still fall in the affected districts of southern Germany.
There were several train cancellations and delays due to the region's transit system being affected by the extensive floods and ongoing rains.
The poor weather rendered train routes from Munich to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, and Wuerzburg unworkable, according to a statement made by rail operator Deutsche Bahn on its website.
A high-speed train between Stuttgart and Augsburg derailed due to a landslip close to Schwaebisch Gmuend overnight into Sunday, closing the route. The event resulted in no injuries. |BGNES
