Minister warns against walks in the Baltic Sea: danger to life for tourists. If frost and thaw occur, the chance of collapses and landslides increases.
A ten-year-old girl was hit by falling chalk and marl masses below a 38 meter high cliff on Rügen at Christmas 2011. Five weeks later her body was found on the beach. The extreme weather conditions of the past few months and their consequences should not be underestimated. In the North Sea, experts recently started thinking about whether a bathing ban should be imposed.