Almost 400,000 people in Germany are at immediate risk from flooding, according to a new study by the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (UfU). Published on Wednesday, the study showed that some 384,000 people in Germany could be severely affected by flooding in the coming years. Of these, around 190,800 reside along the Rhine River and its tributaries, while about 98,800 people living near the Elbe River are also identified as high-risk. The study, commissioned by the Greens parliamentary group, is based on flood risk management plans from Germany’s states. The authors said that t…