Storm - Windehausen in Thuringia under water: town evacuated
Due to the critical flood situation in northern Thuringia, the Windehausen district of the town of Heringen near Nordhausen is being evacuated. The evacuation should start on Monday afternoon, Heringen's mayor Matthias Marquardt told MDR Thüringen. The town is currently no longer passable. A sports hall in Heringen is available to accommodate around 400 people. Residents had already been called upon to evacuate voluntarily on Christmas Eve. So far, however, only a few have complied.
According to the district fire chief for Nordhausen, Daniel Kunze, the water in the village is up to 70 centimetres high. There is also no electricity in Windehausen. This had already had to be switched off on Christmas Eve due to water in the transformer house. The drains are also not working due to the flooding.
Overall, however, the flood situation in Thuringia has calmed down. The situation is slowly easing across the state, said Nils Fröhlich from the Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation. However, the water levels were still at a high level on Christmas Day. On Monday, the Nahe at the Hinternah gauge in southern Thuringia was still at the second-highest alert level three on the four-level scale.
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- Despite the easing flood situation in Thuringia as a whole, the Windehausen district in northern Thuringia continues to face a critical flood situation, with the water level still high on Christmas Day.
- The bad weather in northern Thuringia has led to flooding, causing the district of Windehausen in Heringen, near Nordhausen, to be declared unpassable and necessitating an evacuation starting on Monday afternoon.
- MDR Thüringen reported that the mayor of Heringen, Matthias Marquardt, urged residents to evacuate due to the flood situation, with a sports hall available to accommodate around 400 people for those who comply.
- Daniel Kunze, the district fire chief for Nordhausen, stated that the water in Windehausen has risen to 70 centimetres high and that there is no electricity in the village due to flooding, leading to mandatory power cuts on Christmas Eve.
- Residents in Windehausen were previously encouraged to evacuate voluntarily on "saint's eve," but only a few have heeded the call, with many potentially remaining in the flood-prone area as the evacuation begins on Monday afternoon.
Source: www.stern.de
