After intense rainfall in the past few days, the rivers in northern Bavaria have swollen considerably. On the upper Main, the flood notification levels 1 and 2 were occasionally exceeded, the flood news service Bavaria announced on Saturday morning.
And the water levels will probably continue to rise: According to the experts’ forecast, further heavy precipitation is expected in the northern low mountain ranges by Sunday noon, especially in traffic jams. The districts of Coburg, Kronach and Lichtenfels are particularly affected. Individual built-up areas could also be flooded here. Even smaller bodies of water without a warning level could overflow their banks here.
According to information from the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, there can also be high water levels and light flooding in northern Lower Franconia and Upper Franconia, for example in the Aschaffenburg area, in Bad Kissingen or around Bayreuth.