Germany — Danube/Isar — Flood situation on 4 June 2013 — Area affected — Overview — P07

Persistent rainfall has led to severe floods in many parts of Germany in recent days. The local forces are supported by the Federal Police, the Bundeswehr and the Technical Relief Agency. In the district of Deggendorf, the water masses continued to spread after a dam break near the village of winegrowers, a level of 8.44 meters is expected.In the region of Straubing and Deggendorf about 6000 people had to leave their homes because of the flood. In Regensburg, the flood situation intensified on the night of June 4, the disaster was proclaimed. At 03.00 the Danube reached a level of 6.65 meters. The water surfaces shown in the map were derived from a TerraSAR-X scene recorded on June 4, 2013 at 18:50 CET. RapidEye data with a spatial resolution of 5 meters serves as a background image. Please note that the flood situation in urban areas, under vegetation cover and in areas with high gradients may not be fully detected due to radar geometry. This product was created within the framework contract “ZKI-DE” between the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Updated product versions are available at http://www.zki.dlr.de.