Floods in Germany cause fears of dam breach
Kyiv • UNN
Flooding in Germany raises fears of dam breaks; emergency services are shoring up weakened dams with sandbags amid incessant rain. Evacuations have been ordered in Thuringia due to severe flooding.
In the federal state of Lower In the federal state of Lower Saxony, dams had to be supported overnight with sandbags. Persistent rain and wet soil continue to pose a threat, with flooding in the Harz Mountains flooding in the Harz Mountains. In Thuringia, 500 residents of a of a separate district. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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The situation with the flooding in some parts of Germany remains tense. In Lower Saxony fear of a dam breach: in the Leer district, hundreds of people fought floods on Tuesday night. on Tuesday night. In the municipality of Uplengen, the Hollener Eche dam was broken in two places and weakened over a length of almost 500 meters, so about 450 emergency services and hundreds of volunteers arrived to stabilize the dam with sandbags. sandbags to stabilize the dam.
Later, the fire The Lehigh County Fire Department later gave a cautious explanation.
The dam protection is now complete and the situation is mostly under control
At the same time, the authorities warned of further deterioration of the flood situation - a third flood wave for the Oker and Innerste rivers. In Harz, further rains are predicted rains are predicted, and a third wave of flooding is expected in the tributaries of the dams. As a result, the dams of Harz dams may fill up to the point where the situation could worsen.
In Thuringia the town of Windehausen in the Nordhausen district was particularly affected. The flood situation there situation there became so serious that the entire district of Geringen, which has almost 500 residents.
Situation in other federal states federal states
The second highest level of danger in some areas of Saxony-Anhalt. The state flood protection agency yesterday also announced the second highest level of danger for several rivers, including the Mulde and its tributaries, the Weise-Elster in Halle and the Saale district, and the Ore in the Berde district.
In Bavaria the flood situation has largely calmed down, with water levels now stable or or falling. In Lower Franconia and the Upper Palatinate, water levels are still high.
To recap
More than 300 residents were evacuated in the Australian state of Queensland due to flooding, caused by a tropical cyclone.