After heavy rain, numerous cellars in northern Upper Bavaria overflowed and streets flooded on Monday. In Au in der Hallertau (Freising district) alone, the fire brigade moved out to more than 30 missions, according to a spokesman. Several streets were flooded after brooks overflowed their banks. Ten fire brigades and the technical relief organization are in use in the area.
Accordingly, there were initially no reports of injuries. At first he had Munich Mercury reported. The Freising District Office called for people to avoid the northern district as a result of the floods.
The police also reported around 20 storm-related operations in the region on Monday morning. Among other things, the Autobahn 94 was completely closed after a mudslide, a landslide, between Lengdorf and Dorfen, said a police spokesman. In Nandlstadt, there was also a power outage as a result of the storm.
Also in southern Upper Bavaria there could be floods and flooding on some rivers and streams in the coming days. A DWD meteorologist said on Monday that precipitation amounts of up to 60 liters per square meter were possible in Chiemgau in particular.
The Isar level in Munich rises
The Bavarian flood intelligence service reported on Monday that embankments and floods of reporting levels one and two were possible on individual rivers in Upper Bavaria. At the Isar gauge in Munich and the Mangfall measuring point in Rosenheim, the first of four flood reporting levels can be expected to be exceeded. Due to the expected rainfall, “the flood situation, especially in south-east Bavaria, will continue to widen today”.
According to DWD information, the situation in terms of rain should relax significantly on Tuesday evening. “The low over Eastern Europe then pulls off,” said a DWD meteorologist. From the night to Wednesday it should be dry again in the region.