S-Bahn stations in Dresden in Niedersedlitz and Zschachwitz flooded
The heavy storm required the fire brigade to be on duty continuously on Sunday afternoon.
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A heavy thunderstorm passed over Dresden. In Niedersedlitz, the railway underpass on Bahnhofstrasse was flooded by the heavy rain.
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DresdenA violent thunderstorm passed over Dresden this Sunday afternoon. With a lot of rain.
The Dresden fire brigade is in constant operation. Apparently the S-Bahn stops in Niedersedlitz and Zschachwitz are also flooded with water.
Within a short period of time, the volume of calls to the Integrated Regional Control Center (IRLS) in Dresden increased dramatically, according to the fire department.
For this reason, the IRLS was strengthened as quickly as possible so that
A total of 20 colleagues have been busy handling all emergency calls
to accept and to arrange the resulting operations.
Within Dresden, it was mainly the eastern part of Dresden that was hit. Here
Trees fell, streets and underpasses were under water and
countless cellars full. The Dresden fire brigade is equipped with almost all available
Forces of professional and volunteer firefighters are deployed to respond to all requests for assistance
to satisfy.
By 6 p.m., over 80 missions had been completed, and over 100 missions are still open. Due to the high number of mission sites, priorities must be set and missions must be processed one after the other, according to the fire department.
The operations will continue into the night. There are no injuries. The storm warning has now been lifted and
the rain is easing.
The city festival had to be interrupted due to rain. The fireworks were cancelled.
“The DWD has raised the warning to the highest warning level. We are deployed at several locations in the city and are removing dangers caused by fallen trees and flooding,” said the fire department.
The city festival is running again, but with restrictions.
