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Floods; retrieval of warning messages
Floods can cause enormous financial losses and endanger human lives. Early warning can significantly reduce flood damage and hazards.
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Hochwassernachrichtendienst BayernThe Flood Information Service in Bavaria (HND) offers a flood situation report, daily updated data on water levels (gauges), precipitation, snow depths and descriptions of significant flood events on its website.
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Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt
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Street address
Bürgermeister-Ulrich-Str. 160
86179 Augsburg
Postal address
86177 Augsburg
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Description
The flood information service issues warnings and water level forecasts based on precipitation and discharge measurements as well as precipitation forecasts, reports them to the affected authorities and emergency services and informs the public and the media. The measurement data is collected by the water management authorities and made available on the HND Internet together with the warnings. The warnings are forwarded to the municipalities via the district offices and independent cities. The municipalities inform the affected citizens and take the necessary protective measures. The population can obtain information about the local situation from the municipality.
Requirements
Exceeding certain reporting levels (level values)
Legal bases
Related links
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Hochwassernachrichtendienst Bayern (HND)Der Hochwassernachrichtendienst in Bayern (HND) bietet auf seiner Website einen Hochwasserlagebericht, tagesaktuelle Daten zu Wasserstand (Pegel), Niederschlag, Schneehöhen und Beschreibung von bedeutenden Hochwasserereignissen.
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Umweltatlas BayernDer Umweltatlas Bayern ist eine Plattform, welche unter anderem Informationen über Hochwassergefahren und Hochwasserrisiken sowie zu vorläufig gesicherten, bzw. amtlich festgesetzten Überschwemmungsgebieten bereitstellt. Dieser Internet-Kartendienst bietet die Möglichkeit, sich einen Überblick darüber zu verschaffen, welche Gebiete in Bayern von Hochwasser betroffen sein können.
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Floods; preparation of a municipal reporting planThe municipalities participating in the flood information service draw up reporting plans indicating which measures must be carried out by which authorities at which water levels. A reporting plan provides information on responsible bodies or self-help options.
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Floods; information from district administrative authoritiesIf the specified water levels are exceeded, the water management authorities inform the district administrative authorities, which in turn pass on the flood warnings to the municipalities.
Status: 21.12.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
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