Precipitation falling from the sky. - Cities along the Rhine are implementing safety measures.
Because of the hefty rainfall for the last couple of days and the resulting surge in the Rhine, communities in Rhineland-Palatinate have set out protective measures. In the Neuendorf district of Koblenz, flood protection barriers have been installed. Specialists predict a flood peak of 6.5 meters as the city declared on Sunday. Tributaries of the Rhine will also elevate. The very first parking lots along the Rhine in Koblenz have been blocked. By Monday morning, it'll be assessed whether more flood protection barriers will be constructed and when the flood protection locks will be closed.
As per a statement from the Mainz-Bingen district, arrangements have been made in Ingelheim and the Rhein-Selz community too. In these two areas, a 10- or 20-year flood is expected in the coming days. Dam guards have been put in place and sandbags have been stuffed. The district implied citizens to stay away from the dams. Ten- or twenty-year floods denote a statistical measurement and imply a flood that happens once, on average, in this time period.
