Continuous rain in NRW.
Wuppertal sinks in continuous rain.
In Radevormwald, the fire brigade even had to evacuate people - a dam threatened to overflow.
Wuppertal - Heavy rains in NRW.
The south of the state was particularly badly hit - including severe flooding.
There were two fatalities in the Märkischer Kreis.
The extreme weather events also made the situation serious in Wuppertal.
In the village of Radevormwald a little further east, evacuation even had to be carried out.
The enormous rainfall in the Bergisches Land threatened an uncontrolled overflow of the Wupper dam in Radevormwald.
Emergency services had to act quickly.
Such an outcome could have had consequences for the nearest major city.
As the city of Wuppertal stated, at the current flow speed of the Wupper, after the dam overflows, it would only take three hours for the big city to flood.
Storm in NRW: residents in Radevormwald evacuated
The Oberbergische Kreis warned in the evening under the heading "Evacuation" that the water level of the Wupper in the urban area of Radevormwald would swell very quickly.
"There is an acute risk of flooding," the warning said.
The residents along the Wupper in the urban area were asked to leave the danger area immediately.
"There is an acute danger to life!"
In the late evening, the residents of the Wupper in Radevormwald were asked to leave their apartments for security reasons.
A care center was set up in a primary school in Radevormwald for those affected.
Since midnight, the residents of Bever and Wupper in Hückeswagen have also been asked to leave their apartments.
In Hückeswagen, the Bevertalsperre overflowed due to the heavy rains.
Over 1000 people had to leave their homes.
In addition, neighboring villages and houses were evacuated.
Storm situation not yet relaxed - Wupper reaches record water level
In the meantime, the fire brigade can let the water in the dam drain in a controlled manner, the situation is largely under control, said your spokesman for the Oberbergischer Kreis control center on Thursday morning. In the nearby city of Wuppertal, the effects of the flooding can still be felt in the city.
According to the city of Wuppertal, the river Wupper running through the city reached a new maximum water level of 3.40 meters. The water overflowed in several places. Some streets in the city along the Wupper are still closed on Thursday morning, reports
t-online
, citing the police. As the
Westdeutsche Zeitung
reports, parts of the city are still without electricity. Therefore, the fire brigade in Wuppertal already warned during the night to restrict the consumption of drinking water as a precaution, since the water supply was also affected by the power failure. Trains and buses in the region are canceled. The fire brigade is in constant use, around 600 orders are to be processed.
However, the situation in the Eifel is dramatic. After violent storms, the police confirmed the fatalities there, and a number of people are missing.
(han / dpa)
