Flood risk in Alsenz: Fire brigade raises the alarm and protects residents!
Flood risk in Alsenz: Fire brigade raises the alarm and protects residents!
Today, on January 9, 2025, there was a worrying flood risk in the west of the Donnersberg district, triggered by persistent rain and melting water. Especially on the Uferstrasse in Alsenz, water threatened to run on the road, which caused the fire brigade to take preventive measures. These included the construction of sheet piling for flood protection in the river path, while the entrance to the street was temporarily closed. According to the Rhineland-Palatinate flood forecast center, the Alsenz level at the Altenbamberg measuring point was 260 centimeters. The Appelbach in Oberhausen and the Moschel in Waldgrehweiler also reached questionable heights.
The fire brigade warned residents through loudspeaker announcements and asked them to take protection measures. In addition, parked cars should be removed near Ransenbach and Moschel. The emergency services in the Appeltal were on alert. In order to secure the danger situation, the fire brigade of the North Palatinate Land association, as a precaution, prepared a depot with over 400 sandbags in Imsweiler. In this critical location, there were occasionally reported basement through groundwater and backlogs as well as overflowed drainage ditches. Fortunately, however, no major damage occurred.
all -clear and flood risk management
At around 7 p.m. the fire brigade finally gave the all -clear: the water levels fell back in all three valleys affected. These situations illustrate how important effective flood risk management is to avoid damage from floods. Full protection against floods cannot be realized due to technical and economic limits, which is why comprehensive management is necessary. This includes precautionary measures, preparation for flood events as well as the follow -up and the reconstruction according to such events.The EU flood-risk management guideline from 2007 determines the legal framework for the uniform application of the flood risk management. The Water Household Act (WHG) also converts these requirements into national law and leaves the federal states to regulate. In this way, risk areas are defined and flooding and risk cards are created to visualize potential damage and develop risk management plans.
The role of climate change
The increasing frequency and intensity of flood events is also reinforced by climate change. Scientists point out that severe rainfall has increased worldwide since the 1950s, especially as a result of global warming. With each temperature increase, the air can absorb around seven percent more moisture, which leads to increased precipitation. This is also in the context of the devastating flood disasters in Spain last year, which were triggered by exceptional weather events. Over 200 people lost their lives.
The flood in the Ahr Valley in July 2021 is another example of how climate change favors such extreme weather events. Measures for flood protection are therefore more urgent than ever. The national flood protection program, which has existed since 2013, promotes corresponding protective measures. In addition, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke has drawn up a new law to accelerate the construction of dams and dikes in order to be better prepared for future floods.
Overall, this example from the Donnersbergkreis shows how important preventive measures and a well thought -out flood risk management are in a changing climate world.
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