The situation in the flood-hit area of Germany’s Saarland region is continuing to ease. “The water levels are falling almost everywhere and the clean-up work is beginning,” said a spokesman for the Saarland Ministry of the Interior on Sunday. The exact extent of the damage is still unclear. “We are still investigating and need to get an overview; it will be weeks before we can give a reliable total,” he said. In the meantime, most of the emergency services that had come from other federal states to provide support had left again, the spokesman added. In Blieskastel, the historic old town was c…