Heavy Rain and Powerful Winds: The Latest Weather Alert - Experts: Danube flooding reminiscent of 2002 incidents
In Passau, the water mark hit a measurement of 10.80 meters on August 13, 2002. Then, on Monday morning came a reading of 7.77 meters - a rising pattern. The previous Tuesday saw a maximum of 5.80 meters recorded.
The flood warning service predicts that the flood surge from Regensburg will make its way to Passau on Tuesday and Wednesday. In Neu-Ulm, there may be an increase in alert level 4, dangerously close to the highest level. For Gunzburg, alert level 3 is the anticipated presence.
Since Monday morning, the disaster alert has been active in Regensburg. At gauge station Eiserne Brücke, the water level measured 5.98 meters. In comparison, it was at around 2.70 meters on the preceding Tuesday. The experts' data reveals that an earlier catastrophic flood reached 6.82 meters in height on June 4, 2013, and 6.60 meters on August 14, 2002, based on the records of the gauge station.
