Floods in Germany

The combination of snow and ice melting as well as heavy rainfall caused floods along many rivers in Germany, among them the Rivers Oder, Saale and Weiße Elster in eastern Germany, and the Rivers Rhine and Mosel in western Germany. After first flood waves in early January and afterwards decreasing water levels, many regions are threatened again by floods in mid-January due to new rainfalls. ZKI provides disaster extent maps in the framework of GMES Emergency Response project SAFER with funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme.