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Storm chaos: parts of Bavaria are sinking in floods - water levels are worrying

2021-02-04T13:19:51.296Z


Especially in southern Bavaria, winter seems to be saying goodbye for the time being. Temperatures will rise until Saturday. In the north, however, continuous rain is the order of the day.


Especially in southern Bavaria, winter seems to be saying goodbye for the time being.

Temperatures will rise until Saturday.

In the north, however, continuous rain is the order of the day.

  • From Thursday the weather will be better and sunnier, especially in the south of Bavaria.

  • In the north, however, the situation remains tense - new rains have been announced (update from February 4, 12.48 p.m.).

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from February 4, 12:48 p.m.:

While many parts of Bavaria can look forward to a sunny day and gentle spring temperatures, in the north of the Free State of Land is popular.

In many parts of Franconia, water levels in rivers and streams have reached worrying levels.

Sometimes they also overflowed the banks and flooded streets, fields and even houses.

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In the north and east of Bavaria, the levels of rivers and streams have risen sharply.

© Screenshot flood news service Bavaria

The districts of Upper Franconia, Lower Franconia and Upper Palatinate are particularly affected by the combination of condensation and precipitation * in recent days.

The Bavarian flood intelligence service issued the highest warning level for the districts of Cham, Schwandorf, Bamberg, Kulmbach, Lichtenfels, Kronach, Coburg, Rhön-Grabfeld and Bad Kissingen.

That means there is also a threat of flooding in built-up areas.

In many places, the levels of the rivers have already reached or even exceeded reporting level 3.

Most areas are spared from the highest reporting level of four, because the situation is slowly improving.

The highest water levels are predicted for Thursday noon.

On Friday, however, new adversity is approaching again.

For the north of Bavaria, heavy rains have been forecast again from noon.

According to

wetteronline.de, it

rains there all weekend.

There is another threat of flooding.

The rest of Bavaria will probably be spared the rain until Sunday.

In the south there are many hours of sunshine and hardly any cloud cover.

The temperatures rise to up to 13 degrees.

The first raindrops cannot fall until Sunday night.

In addition, it is slowly getting colder again.

Weather: DWD warns of severe gusts of wind in Bavaria

Update from February 3, 7:02 p.m

.: There is an official weather warning for almost all of Bavaria.

The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of gusts of wind.

It says: "There are gusts of wind at speeds of up to 70 km / h (20m / s, 38kn, Bft 8) initially from the southwest, later from the west." The warning applies in most circles until Thursday (February 4th) , four o'clock.

This warning does not apply to the city of Ingolstadt, where “only” gusts of wind occur.

In the south of the Free State, the DWD even warns of severe gusts of wind: “There are gusts of force above 1500 m at speeds of around 90 km / h (25 m / s, 48 ​​kn, Bft 10), initially from the southwest and later from the west.

In exposed locations, hurricane-like gusts of up to 110 km / h (31m / s, 60kn, Bft 11) must be expected. "The districts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berchtesgaden, for example, are affected.

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For almost all of Bavaria there is a warning of gusts of wind.

© Screenshot DWD

Weather in Bavaria: houses and streets threatened by floods - storm warning from DWD

First report from February 3, 2:45 p.m .: Munich

- The weather * is getting better.

Mild sea air reaches Bavaria with a strong westerly current.

This ensures relatively mild temperatures, but also for some longer-lasting rainfalls, in Lower Franconia also for local thunderstorms.

In Franconia, local flooding is even to be expected again, as reported by the German Weather Service.

On Wednesday the maximum values ​​are between eight and 13 degrees.

Danger of flooding in the main area: flooding of houses cannot be ruled out

For Wednesday, the German Weather Service (DWD) forecast heavy rains in some cases.

In the north and east of Bavaria, the risk of flooding is increasing again.

This was announced by the flood news service of the Bavarian Environment Agency in Augsburg on Wednesday.

Flooding of individual houses or connecting roads in the upper Main area cannot be ruled out for Thursday night.

The Danube could also rise further.

It is expected to reach the second of four reporting levels.

You can also expect strong gusts of wind * on Thursday night.

In the lowlands they can reach around 60 kilometers per hour.

In northern Bavaria and in the foothills of the Alps, in some cases even around 70 km / h, near showers 80 km / h.

The DWD therefore issued a severe weather warning *.

Relaxation from Thursday: sunbeams and up to 15 degrees on the weekend

The situation calmed down again on Thursday night and the flood situation eased.

The strong gusts of wind also weaken.

As of Thursday, it will remain largely dry in the south.

The sun's rays will sometimes penetrate the thick clouds for a long time.

Up to 15 degrees are possible here until Saturday.

(dpa / ma) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.

List of rubric lists: © NEWS5 / Merzbach

Source: merkur

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