It’s raining and raining – and it’s still raining. The severe weather warning that the German Weather Service issued on Thursday is now valid for Munich until Sunday morning, 8 a.m. There is still a warning of heavy, continuous rain with water quantities of up to 70 liters per square meter in 24 hours.
The fire brigade has been in constant operation in the state capital since the early hours of the morning. During the night and in the morning, the helpers were mainly called out to water seeping into buildings. In some cases, groundwater was pushing into the buildings, and in some cases, cellars were flooded by heavy rain, a spokesman reported. The northwestern districts of Moosach and Aubing were initially particularly affected.
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Heavy rain and thunderstorms are sweeping across large parts of southern Germany. Floodwaters are rising.
But the first cases had already occurred in the Au in the morning. The flood warning level 1 (2.40 meters) of the Isar was exceeded shortly before midday: at 11.30 a.m. the water level was at 2.42 meters according to the flood information service. On Friday afternoon the water level was still at 1.50 meters.
The Isar cycle path between Thalkirchner Bridge and Reichenbach Bridge is closed, the barriers at the Isar flood bed have been in place since Friday. The Munich building department had announced that the To closely monitor weather and runoff developments as well as forecasts for flood-prone waters in the city.
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Due to the expected rising water levels, the water rescue service has raised the alarm level for water rescue trains in Upper Bavaria, Swabia and Upper and Middle Franconia increased.
In Munich, numerous streets are under water, such as the Mittlerer Ring between Dachauer Strasse and Landshuter Allee. Ludwigsfelder Strasse is also partially closed due to flooding. On Brudermühlstrasse between Schäftlarnstrasse and the junction with Mittlerer Ring, the right lane is closed due to flooding, and half of Georg-Brauchle-Ring is also closed.
At Munich Airport, there is currently less concern about possible flooding at the end of the Whitsun holidays. This is because when the airport was built, many canals were built around the site that can absorb large amounts of water, a spokesman said on Friday. The groundwater on the site had also already been lowered at that time. The runways also slope slightly at the sides and are “grooved” – this means that transverse grooves are milled into the runways. Both ensure that even large amounts of rain do not cause the aircraft to aquaplan.
According to a spokeswoman, Deutsche Bahn has technology and repair vehicles on hand. Employees and clearing crews are preparing for a possible deployment in order to make tracks and routes passable again as quickly as possible after storms.
The street festival planned from Saturday afternoon Leopold Street in Schwabing, which usually attracts more than 100,000 visitors, is to take place despite the weather warning. ZamanandAccording to the organizers’ website, the festival between Siegestor and Odeonsplatz will take place, although probably on Saturday with umbrellas and rain jackets.
The last time it rained as much in Munich as it is now was in May 2019. On May 20 of that year, the German Weather Service recorded a 24-hour reading of 71.2 liters per square meter. The largest recorded amount was during the Second World War: on May 30, 1940, 155.2 liters of rain per square meter were measured in Munich.