Floods in Germany
Torrential rainfall in Saxony and Bavaria (South of Germany) caused rapid increase of river levels over the weekend.
A state of emergency has been declared in the cities of Passau and Rosenheim. The Bavaria flood alert service forecasts heavy rains to worsen, affecting the Danube and Inn rivers. Other affected states are Saxony, Thuringia and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Emergency and rescue efforts are under way, and the army has been deployed to support flood affected areas after reaching record levels of flooding.
- Type of event
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- Location of event
- Germany (South and East)
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2013-06-02
- Time of Charter Activation
- 11:00
- Time zone of Charter Activation
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- Charter Requestor
- Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance / German Joint Information and Situation Centre
- Activation ID
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- Project Management
- DLR Centre for Satellite-based Crisis Information (ZKI)
- Value Adding
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