Big city expects storm surge - rain is already causing the first floods in many places
Created: 01/05/2022, 09:57 AM
From: Jennifer Lanzinger
The early morning flood flooded parts of the Hamburg fish market.
© Jonas Walzberg / dpa
Continuous rain causes the first floods in many places as early as Wednesday.
A major German city even expects a storm surge, and people should avoid being outdoors.
Hamburg - continuous rain, fresh temperatures and now the first floods, the weather in the new year has so far been anything but impressive.
The rainy weather caused individual rivers in the north and east of Bavaria to overflow on the night of Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
A major German city even expects a storm surge on Wednesday.
Big city expects storm surge - rain is already causing the first floods in many places
According to the flood news service, the second highest flood reporting level 3 was valid in Bavaria for the Itz at the Schenkenau level, for the Steinach in the Neustadt district of Fürth am Berg and the Main in Mainleus on Wednesday morning, according to the flood news service but again in the morning. In addition, according to the current forecast, level 3 could also be achieved on the Aisch near Laufermühle by Thursday. There are a total of four reporting levels for flood warnings. Reporting level 3 means that individual built-up plots or cellars are flooded, cross-town traffic connections are blocked and isolated operations of the water or dam weir are necessary.
In southern Hesse, too, the rain has already caused the first floods.
Because of an overflowing brook in Reinheim (Darmstadt-Dieburg district), a road had been blocked, the police said on Wednesday.
According to the police, there was also a road diversion in Hirschhorn (Bergstrasse district).
In addition, the Kinzig crossed in some places, individual road sections were blocked.
Is there a threat of a storm surge in Hamburg?
People should especially avoid the port
Meanwhile, a storm surge is expected in Hamburg on Wednesday.
As reported by
Bild
, citing the police, a storm surge with around 3.65 meters normal height is expected on Wednesday.
For this reason, low-lying areas and also the port of Hamburg are to be abandoned extensively.
Cars should also be brought to higher areas.
As the newspaper further reports, neighbors should also be warned of the approaching flood, and staying outdoors should be avoided altogether.
It was only in the summer that floods cost the lives of numerous people.
The consequences of the flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia are dramatic.
