Flood protection in danger: Wolf and Dudenrod demand urgent solutions!

Flood protection in danger: Wolf and Dudenrod demand urgent solutions!

Wolf, Deutschland - The flood protection in the places Wolf and Dudenrod is currently the focus of intensive discussions. In order to protect the towns from the devastating consequences of flooding, the city is planning to build a retention basin on Wolfsbach, with three locations being considered. As the Frankfurter Neue Presse is urgent, because many residents still remember the heavy floods from January 2021, in which numerous cellars were flooded and considerable damage to property was caused. Mayor Benjamin Harris has emphasized that the administration favors the location on the outskirts north of Lindenstrasse, while residents express concerns about costs and earnings failures.

danger from heavy rain

in Dudenrod the situation looks different; There are no direct floods through the Wolfsbach here, but the high location of the town and the surrounding hills lead to dangerous water slides in heavy rain, the basement can flood. Mayor Jörg Neider describes that measures have already been taken to derive the amount of water better. The city had paved paths and laid back outdoors in the forest, which, as he reports, has already contributed to the recent thunderstorms to improve the situation. Nevertheless, complete protection is impossible, and the citizens' initiative remains necessary to draw the city aware of problems.

water is not only an issue in Wetterau; As the Wasseratlas of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation shows, overuse, pollution and the climate crisis massively influence the global water reserves. Water is a livelihood and a human right that should be accessible to everyone. The Atlas emphasizes that the climate crisis leads to an increase in extreme weather events not only in Germany, but worldwide. These developments make clear and quick -implementable measures for water management essential to avoid future crises.