After almost a week the rain stopped. Rivers burst their banks and
large areas in Germany were under water, some still are. Of course in
such a situation, fishermen thoughts of not being able to go fishing
are insignificant compared to those of directly affected people by the water. Cellars were flooded and biggest part of the crops were
destroyed.
Since
the 31st
of May it started to rain cats and dogs, leading up to 100 L/m2/day.
The rivers in the Regensburg area ( Danube, Regen and Naab ) were
swollen and river traffic was stopped. Measures to avoid flooding the
city had been started and at least managed to rein in torrent waters.
Cities like Deggendorf and Passau hadn’t so much luck.
On
the 4th
of June the Danube reached it’s maximal level, 682 cm in Regensburg
and over 1200 cm in Passau. Not only river traffic was stopped, some
roads and highways has been closed, some of them still are. During
the last weeks, many fish spawned and now a big part of the brood is
destroyed. At the moment there’s not much left to do except to wait
for water levels to normalize.
After such an event we realize how damaging the power of rivers can
be. Water brings not only life, sometimes also sorrow, hunger and
death.
