GERMANY: Severe flooding hits Hamburg and Cuxhaven

Record ID: 815167

  • Title: GERMANY: Severe flooding hits Hamburg and Cuxhaven
  • Date: 10th November 2007
  • Summary: (W4) HAMBURG, GERMANY (NOVEMBER 9, 2007) (REUTERS) FLOODED STREET AND SUBMERGED CAR WIDE OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT FLOODED HARBOUR TWO SUBMERGED CARS WITH HAMBURG HARBOUR IN BACKGROUND SUBMERGED CAR WITH FERRY SAILING PAST IN BACKGROUND FLOODED STREET COUPLE CLEANING SHOP AFTER FLOODING, VARIOUS VIEWS (SOUNDBITE) (German) ELFRIEDE BAERMANN, SHOP OWNER, SAYING: "We put things u
  • Embargoed: 25th November 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA3DGM4QXPPPROWCR9IUFC3QXPK
  • Story Text: Germany braced itself for severe storms on Friday afternoon (Novmeber 9) on the North Sea shore. In Cuxhaven, the ferry piers were closed because of the pending storm.
    In Hamburg, Germany's largest port and second largest city, the fish market and other low-lying parts of the harbour area was under more than 3 metres of water in the early afternoon but the water was expected to recede by the evening.
    Ferry service to several North Sea islands from mainland Germany was also stopped by the winds gusting up to 115 kilometres per hour.
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