Nasty Flooding on the Mosel
Dec 25th, 2010, 06:38 AM
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Nasty Flooding on the Mosel
Not looking like such a Merry Christmas for those along the Mosel River wine country in Germany:
http://www.mm-webcam.de/LiveCam_Bern...5147400b6f.htm
If that link doesn't work, try: http://www.mm-webcam.de/index.htm#Leiwen
then click on any of the red dots to look around the countryside.
Campgrounds and parking lots have disappeared and the river is touching the bottom of some vineyards. At least they have snow.
http://www.mm-webcam.de/LiveCam_Bern...5147400b6f.htm
If that link doesn't work, try: http://www.mm-webcam.de/index.htm#Leiwen
then click on any of the red dots to look around the countryside.
Campgrounds and parking lots have disappeared and the river is touching the bottom of some vineyards. At least they have snow.
Dec 26th, 2010, 02:35 AM
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yeah, I am not seeing the flooding either.
I know the Rhein and Main were having problems a couple of weeks ago, with the locks on the Main being impassable due to high waters and the cruise ships couldn't make it down from the Rhein.
I know the Rhein and Main were having problems a couple of weeks ago, with the locks on the Main being impassable due to high waters and the cruise ships couldn't make it down from the Rhein.
Jan 8th, 2011, 01:09 PM
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The Maas is also flooding, parts of Wallonia in Belgium are flooded, and so are some parts of Limburg in the Netherlands, though not seriously thank goodness.
The Rhine is high too - Koblenz was threatened as I understand it - is that still true? It's not very well situated when it comes to flooding rivers I would have thought.
Of course it all pales into insignificance compared to the Queensland floods - which cover an are the size of Germany and France combined.
The Rhine is high too - Koblenz was threatened as I understand it - is that still true? It's not very well situated when it comes to flooding rivers I would have thought.
Of course it all pales into insignificance compared to the Queensland floods - which cover an are the size of Germany and France combined.
Jan 8th, 2011, 04:33 PM
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Floodings are part of life at the Mosel and Rhine. It happens every other year. When the water is up, you build some walkways and afterwards you clean the basement.
If you can't stand it anymore, you move to hill
If you can't stand it anymore, you move to hill
Jan 14th, 2011, 06:53 AM
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It's really bad today.
http://www.hochwasserzentralen.de/
Whenever the snow melts (=spring) or there's excessive rain over a longer time, there'll be flooding.
http://www.hochwasserzentralen.de/
Whenever the snow melts (=spring) or there's excessive rain over a longer time, there'll be flooding.
Jan 14th, 2011, 07:12 AM
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The Main is flooded pretty badly in Frankfurt. The Eisener Steg bridge is closed off and the water is covering the street along the river near the Römer. Doesn't look like it will get any higher though, unless it starts raining a lot.
Jan 14th, 2011, 07:41 AM
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Well it all ends up coming through the Netherlands and things are OK here so far. High water yes, and a couple of floods but nothing too bad so far. After the bad flooding in the 1990s the dikes were raised and extra precautions were taken, so hopefully most people here will keep their feet dry.
A friend in Limburg has to park their car on high ground and be ferried to their village at the moment due to the high water in the Maas, but their house is safe.
Nijmegen has closed the boulevard along the river and installed the removable dikes along it. Animals have been moved from flood plains which are now full - the winter dikes are doing their job. There is a constant dike watch though.
A friend in Limburg has to park their car on high ground and be ferried to their village at the moment due to the high water in the Maas, but their house is safe.
Nijmegen has closed the boulevard along the river and installed the removable dikes along it. Animals have been moved from flood plains which are now full - the winter dikes are doing their job. There is a constant dike watch though.
