It’s raining and raining – and it’s still raining. The level 3 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. Between Friday, 12 p.m. and Saturday, 12 p.m., 76.4 liters of rain per square meter fell in the state capital, according to the flood intelligence service’s recordings.
The fire brigade has been in constant operation 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. The flood waters are rising. In some places, residents have to be brought to safety.
According to fire department information, more than 110 operations by the volunteer fire department and the professional fire department had been completed by 12.30 p.m. The Federal Agency for Technical Relief was also reportedly involved at times. Flooded cellars or underground garages were often the reason for the alarms, and the softened ground caused trees to fall over in isolated cases.
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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According to the fire department, there will be further closures in the Flauchersteg and Marienklausensteg areas. They point out that a rising groundwater level must also be expected in the Au, Untergiesing and Herzogpark development areas.
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 standby. Employees and clearing crews are preparing for a possible deployment to make tracks and routes passable again as quickly as possible after storms.
The Corso Leopold street festival in Schwabing, which is planned for Saturday afternoon and usually attracts more than 100,000 visitors, is set to take place despite the weather warning. The Zamanand Festival between Siegestor and Odeonsplatz will also take place, according to the organizers’ website, although it will probably take umbrellas and raincoats with you on Saturday.
The last time it rained this much in Munich 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.