Flood - Rising water levels: warning level 3 in many places
Persistent rain is causing the water levels of rivers and streams in Lower Saxony to rise further. According to the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN), 30 water levels had reached the third of four warning levels by early Sunday morning. The rivers Weser, Aller, Leine and Oker, among others, exceeded this threshold. At level three, flooding of properties and larger areas as well as roads and cellars is possible.
In many districts, fire departments and volunteers protected areas with sandbags. In Rodenberg in the district of Schaumburg, emergency services also secured transformer stations as a precaution, as reported by a dpa reporter on site. Sirens warned the residents during the night from Saturday to Sunday. The mayor of the joint municipality, Thomas Wolf, reported early on Sunday morning that the floodwater was now flowing over the weir. The helpers had gone from house to house to warn the residents. They had also dragged sandbags into the town. A total of 300 helpers were deployed, from the fire department as well as from the technical relief organization. There had not been a flood like this in the municipality for 25 years.
Flood warnings had already been issued in several regions of Lower Saxony on Saturday. The districts of Holzminden and Hameln-Pyrmont, for example, published corresponding announcements.
The NLWKN had already announced on Friday that it expected the flood situation to worsen across the state over the Christmas holidays due to the rainfall associated with the storm depression "Zoltan".
Overview of water levels
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- The bad weather continued, leading to even more rain, further increasing the rain-swollen rivers and streams in Lower Saxony.
- With the rivers Weser, Aller, Leine, and Oker exceeding the warning level 3, the risk of flooding in properties, larger areas, roads, and cellars was become increasingly evident.
- Residents in Rodenberg received siren warnings during the night from Saturday to Sunday, as the floodwater began to overflow the weir.
- The state enterprise NLWKN had predicted that the flood situation would worsen across Lower Saxony, especially during the Christmas holidays, due to the associated rainfall from the storm depression "Zoltan."
- Volunteers and fire departments worked together, deploying over 300 helpers to protect properties and distribute sandbags in affected areas.
- Rivers such as the Weser and its tributaries reached ochre-colored water levels, indicating high sedimentation and potential for severe flooding.
- In response to the rising water levels and weather warnings, some districts in Lower Saxony, including Holzminden and Hameln-Pyrmont, had already issued precautionary flood warnings to their residents.
Source: www.stern.de
