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Danube expects flooding – snow is coming back

Flood warning levels one and two were often reached. With such flooding, however, mostly only fields or roads are flooded. Sometimes, however, the water also rose above level three or in some cases even above the highest level four. At the Wernfels / Fränkische Rezat sewage treatment plant, the water is currently rising (January 30th, 7.45pm). Message level 2 is still displayed for this. In Michelfeld / Pegnitz the level has already dropped by one centimeter within 15 minutes (January 30th, 7.45pm). This also applies to the Hüttendorf / Regnitz registration office.

You are prepared at the Franconian Saale

The flood is usually tricky on the Franconian Saale in Gräfendorf. As a precautionary measure there, the fire brigade secured the neuralgic points at the village shop and the bakery with the air hoses of a mobile flood protection system. Thanks to the receding water, the through-town is no longer flooded and is free again. The protection remains because a flood of the Saale of Bad Kissingen is still expected, so Mayor Johannes Wagenpfahl.

In the upper Main area, falling or persisting water levels can often be observed. The Mainleus / Main and Schenkenau / Itz gauges still have levels above reporting level 3 (January 30, 5 p.m.). Rising water levels above reporting level 2 are currently recorded in the lower reaches of the Franconian Saale, the Aisch der Rauhen Ebrach and the Franconian Rezat. Reporting level 3 was exceeded at the Wolfsmünster / Fränkische Saale gauge.

The water levels also rise slightly below the Mainleus / Main level and in the area of ​​the navigable Main – in Würzburg, reporting level 1 may just be reached on Sunday evening.

Road closures in Swabia

For Swabia the police reported “no serious disturbances”. However, individual streets are closed because of the flood, currently according to the police in Donauwörth the K28 railway underpass Nordheim / Auchsesheim, the K28 B16 underpass Nordheim / Auchsesheim, the Eurocopter underpass, the Glockenfeldweg near the Recyclinghof and the joint path near the Glockenfeldweg, also in Hochfeld the OVStraße Itzing-Hochfeld.

Weather service: cold is coming back

In addition, people in Bavaria have to reckon with slippery roads in some areas at the weekend. The rain is increasingly turning back into snow, said the German Weather Service. Squalls were also announced. There is a storm warning for the edge of the Alps. By Sunday, the amount of water due to rain and melting snow should add up to 100 to 180 liters per square meter.

On Sunday night, 1 to 5 cm of fresh snow falls from Lower Franconia to the northern Alpine foothills and Lower Bavaria. In the Alps above 1,000 meters between 1 and 5, above 1,500 meters between 5 and 10, in the western impoundments of the Allgäu around 15 cm of fresh snow. No relevant rainfall is expected during the day on Sunday.

The flood waves are shifting further downstream, the flood events will not intensify, according to the flood intelligence service in its assessment of the overall situation for Bavaria.

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