Flood warning on the Baltic Sea: Storm flood reaches critical levels!
Flood warning on the Baltic Sea: Storm flood reaches critical levels!
Greifswald, Deutschland - The North and Baltic Sea coasts face a new challenge: storm flood warnings have been triggered and the water levels in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania continue to rise. Today, on June 18, 2025, the residents on the coast look tense at the weather. According to a report by the Ostsee-Zeitung are the measurement stations in Wismar, Warnemünde, Althagen, Barth, Stralsund, Sassnitz and Greifswald in alarm.
The water level in Warnemünde, which set a record on November 13, 1872 with a maximum of 770 cm on November 13, 1872, applies. Current data show that the medium flood (MHW) is 617 cm there, while the medium low water (MNW) is measured at 407 cm. Sturmfluten that begins from a water level of 1 meter above the middle flood could hit the region hard tonight, reports the .expected water levels and dangers
The east wind is said to strengthen and could reach water levels of up to 2.00 meters above the middle flood in Schleswig-Holstein. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, an average storm surge with significantly increased water levels is even expected-in Greifswald, for example to 1.40 meters. The German Weather Service also warns of hurricane gusts of up to 110 km/h, which could still exacerbate the Situation.
Environment Minister Tobias Goldschmidt called up the coastal residents to become increased caution and recommended that they regularly find out more and take appropriate precautions. It can be expected that the storm surge could last up to 40 hours, which goes beyond the duration of similar events in 2017 and 2019
The consequences of the storm surge
The last serious storm surge in October last year caused immense damage of 56 million euros. In the city of Sassnitz, a financial requirement of around 42 million euros is required to restore infrastructural damage. There were also significant sand losses on beaches and dunes, for which around six million euros have to be applied to funds for artificial flushing, as the Bleiben Sie informiert: Jeden Abend senden wir Ihnen die Artikel des Tages aus der Kategorie Vorpommern greifswald – übersichtlich als Liste.
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