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Floods! Deep “Xero” brings up to 200 liters of rain – a region particularly affected

July 01, 2021

Updated: 07/01/202121:23

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Storms in the north and east of Germany: With extreme heavy rain, it continues on Thursday. There is a threat of flooding.

Offenbach – It’s pouring! There is heavy rainfall. Record amounts of rain have already fallen from the sky. And the storm continues. The thunderstorm “Xero” moves slowly from the place. The German Weather Service (DWD) issued an official storm warning for northeast and north Germany on Thursday morning.

As much as usual in a whole month it rained in the north and east on Wednesday. Now it goes on with that. Schleswig-Holstein and the Uckermark in Brandenburg are particularly hard hit.

Storm in Germany: Deep “Xero” brings 200 liters

Extreme continuous rain – up to 100 liters per square meter can fall in the Uckermark until Thursday afternoon, warns the DWD. By midnight in six hours, 100 liters had already fallen. Two days of continuous rain – that adds up quickly. The amounts of rain are actually enormous. Up to 180 liters per square meter of rain have already fallen locally, the DWD tweeted on Thursday morning.

From noon the heavy rainfall in the Uckermark subsides. Then, according to the DWD weather experts, the storm ends. The north has to expect heavy rain and occasional thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Extreme heavy rain in Germany: There is a risk of flooding here

  • Schleswig-Holstein 30 to 40 l / sqm
  • Brandenburg – Uckermark 50 to 100 l / sqm of precipitation

Storm in Germany: situation in the Uckermark district tense after heavy rain

The heavy rain makes the Uckermark district to create. As early as Wednesday, thunderstorms with heavy rain uprooted trees in parts of Brandenburg and filled the cellars. In addition to landslides, aquaplaning was also used on the roads. The situation in the Uckermark district is “tense,” said a spokesman for the Northeast regional control center on Thursday. The spokesman said the embankment slipped on Autobahn 20 in the Uckermark area in the morning, as the spokesman said rbb24.de reported. S.By Friday at the latest, the weather will calm down and the sun will have a chance again.(ml) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA



source https://pledgetimes.com/floods-deep-xero-brings-up-to-200-liters-of-rain-a-region-particularly-affected/

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