Flood in Bavaria: police appeal to car owners - and the rain continues to fall

The snow is melting - and rain is falling.

And then the temperatures rise too.

This combination makes the levels rise throughout Bavaria.

Overview of the flood situation.

Flood in Bavaria: Police with request to motorists - levels continue to rise

Update from January 31, 7:06 p.m.:

In northern Bavaria, the

flood situation

does not want to relax yet.

In the Würzburg area, the

police asked drivers to

repark

their

vehicles

parked on the Main

, as

reported by

br24.de.

In the past hours of today's Sunday, the

water

in the Würzburg area

has risen

between

three and 13 centimeters

(as of 4.15 p.m.), in the Wolfmünster area by as much as seven centimeters. 

Update from January 30th, 11.30 a.m.:

While the

flood

situation is easing

in southern Bavaria

, large parts of the Free State are still

struggling

with

floods

.

Risk of flooding in Bavaria: Large parts continue to struggle with flooding

According to the Bavarian flood news service, the

greatest risk of

flooding

is in the regions of Bamberg, Coburg and Landshut.

But also in the rest of Franconia, as well as in parts of the Upper Palatinate and Swabia, there can be further expansions and floods.

There are

rising

water levels

around the Franconian Saale.

In Bad Kissingen, the flood level has meanwhile risen to reporting level 3.

The water levels on the Main also rise in some cases.

At the same time, the flood

intelligence service

gives the

all-clear

: "At many levels, reporting level 1 or 2 has been exceeded, only occasionally reporting level 3.

Floods in Bavaria: flood warning service gives the all-clear - no further tightening

According to the German Weather Service, no relevant rainfall is expected in northern Bavaria until Monday morning, in southern Bavaria only light and isolated rain and snowfalls have been announced.

The worst is probably over by now.

The flood warning service expects that the flood situation will not worsen any further.

Update from January 30th, 7:05 p.m.:

After several days of fun in the snow,

the big

thaw

comes in

Bavaria

.

In the past few days, it had also rained widespread in the Free State - the masses of snow are turning

into water

due to the

higher temperatures

and pose a challenge to the sewage systems.

Risk of flooding in Bavaria: Danube with reporting level 3 - Regensburg plans measures

In the Upper Palatinate, the

flood situation

will remain

tense in some places for the next few days, as the

BR

describes.

Precipitation and thaw add up to an

amount of water

that also increases the level of the Danube.

The

apex

is expected for Sunday, in the city of Regensburg then reporting level 2 to 3. The city will, if necessary, erect mobile flood protection elements so that the Danube

remains

in the

river bed

and does not flood the bank in some places. 

In the city of Deggendorf, the thaw around the Danube this weekend is "unproblematic", as the local disaster control department explained.

A relaxation of the situation is

only in sight from Wednesday (February 3)

due to

further rainfall

, according to the German Weather Service (DWD).

On Sunday, rain is usually expected near the Alps, some

snow can

fall

in parts of southern Bavaria

.

In Franconia and the Upper Palatinate, the sun shines in some areas.

According to the meteorologists, temperatures in Bavaria will rise again at the start of the week.

Flood in Bavaria: Meteorologist speaks of "explosive weather conditions"

Munich

- The

German Weather Service (DWD)

has been warning for several days of the "explosive weather situation", as DWD meteorologist Markus Übel describes it in a warning weather * video.

A warm, subtropical

storm

low sweeps

across

Bavaria

in the middle of

January

and thaws the

snow masses

that have accumulated over the course of weeks all the way

up into the Alps.

Plus there's plenty of rain.

All of this combined makes the water level rise - and that is unusual in all of Bavaria.

In addition: "The pronounced snow conditions make it very difficult for us to predict floods," explains Dr.

Natalie Stahl-van Rooijen from

Flood News Service Bavaria (HND)

.

Background: In the Alps, the snow tends to catch the rain first.

“At the same time, the rain turned into snow again at higher altitudes.” In contrast, the snow was washed away at lower altitudes, thus contributing to the flow rates.

So everything is exciting even for experts and not so easy to see through at first glance.

So that you have an overview, the most important warnings and current water levels are summarized here.

Highest flood warning level for Aschaffenburg, Bamberg and Coburg as well as Landshut

The

highest flood warning level (warning of flooding in built-up areas)

applies in the city and district of Aschaffenburg until tomorrow, Saturday (January 30th).

But only for the river Kahl.

Yesterday's precipitation and thaw have led to a further rise in the water level on the Kahl.

The

Schöllkrippen gauge

is currently in

reporting level 3

(of four possible levels).

Since no further major precipitation is currently forecast,

reporting level 4 will

probably not be reached, so that the situation can be expected to ease towards evening.

“The worst is around here,” says Stahl-van Rooijen.

The highest warning level also applies to the

Schenkenau / Itz

rivers

in the

Bamberg

and

Coburg districts

.

Here too, reporting level 3 will probably be reached in the next few hours.

Probably nothing more.

The same applies to the Vils in the

Landshut

district

.

Flood in Bavaria: Levels rise in Franconia as far as Nuremberg

According to the

HND,

a focus of the flood is

currently in

Middle Franconia

, where the tributaries to the

Rednitz / Regnitz

(Aisch, Schwabach, Zenn, Pegnitz, Fränkische Rezat, Schwarzach), as well as the upper Altmühl and Wörnitz lead a smaller flood in the area of ​​reporting level 1 to 2 .

Accordingly, there may also be slight excesses in Nuremberg * itself in the next few days.

In some cases, reporting level 3 can still be achieved in francs.

Upper Palatinate and Lower Bavaria: Danube rises for even longer - but not a bad flood situation

The tributaries of the Danube are currently flooding and have reached one or the other reporting level.

It is currently difficult to estimate exactly how much exactly when a wave will come together for Kelheim, Regensburg *, Straubing and Passau *.

But it shouldn't be too much.

Maximum reporting level 2.

Flood situation in Upper Bavaria: all-clear for the edge of the Alps

The DWD is currently still warning of a severe

thaw

on the

edge of the Alps

in southern Bavaria

with a storm warning

.

Stahl-van Rooijen can give the all-clear.

“At higher altitudes, the rain has often turned into snow again.” Furthermore, the large amount of snow in the mountains could actually act as a buffer for the time being, so to speak, so to speak, soak up the rain first.

In addition, the mountains can withstand more rainfall than the flatlands anyway.

Great flood events are therefore no longer to be expected there.

At most, small bodies of water not covered by the warning service could overflow their banks.

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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