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Still flooded... in Fischbeck (next to Tangermünde), the German army is now resorting to rather desperate measures to close to 50m gap in the levee, after many futile attempts to place big sand bags into the opening for closing it (the sandbags had just been washed way by the unbelievable flow): The new plan is to sink two river freighters in the opening and further fix them in place with concrete tank barriers. They are already transporting the freighters to the place and prepare them with explosives. It is not even known if this will work, but all other attempts to close the gap failed. (I can already see Michael Bay flying eastwards for inspiration)
Where the Saale flows into the Elbe, the army engineers destroyed an intact levee for letting the water from the flooded land behind the levee flow in the Saale faster. Here the situation is already relaxing, but still not nice.
The good news part I: the weather will get hot-hot-hot next week and evaporation rates will increase a lot. Bad news: This will mean the fine mud from the river will turn into clayware and make it nearly impossible to clean it.
Good news part II: The emergency coordination map done by volunteers in cooperation with the city of Magdeburg has now been turned into a charity map, showing where charity events take place for raising money for the victims of the flood.
Where the Saale flows into the Elbe, the army engineers destroyed an intact levee for letting the water from the flooded land behind the levee flow in the Saale faster. Here the situation is already relaxing, but still not nice.
The good news part I: the weather will get hot-hot-hot next week and evaporation rates will increase a lot. Bad news: This will mean the fine mud from the river will turn into clayware and make it nearly impossible to clean it.
Good news part II: The emergency coordination map done by volunteers in cooperation with the city of Magdeburg has now been turned into a charity map, showing where charity events take place for raising money for the victims of the flood.
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