Flood risk in Rinteln: Weser heads for critical level!

Flood risk in Rinteln: Weser heads for critical level!

Rinteln, Deutschland - in Rinteln the Situation along the Weser has dramatically pointed. On December 21, 2024, the water level rose to alarming 499 centimeters and thus reaches dangerous values that indicate floods. As Rinteln currently reports, the south side of the Weseranger parking lot is already flooded. Parts of Hartler Straße are also affected, where the water has reached the sidewalk and with a level of around 5.10 meters, a blocking for traffic is imminent.

Currently, the warning level two on the flood alarm class scale applies, which passes into level three with a water level of 5.60 meters and represents an acute danger. As SZ/LZ are reported in the Inner cities already feel, with the first floods with a level of 525 centimeters. Hartler Straße is badly affected and could already be closed to traffic at smaller levels. The effects are clear: the parking lot at the horse market has opened its emergency exit to steer the traffic.

The situation continues to come to a head, since the highest previously documented water level in Rinteln was 738 centimeters, measured in February 1946. Experts find that flood risks in the region could further increase due to continuous weather phenomena, but the situation is constantly being monitored in order to be able to warn in good time.