First dike near Hamm (at the river Lippe) has been perforated, water is freely flushing through a widening hole. Throughout the Ruhr industrial area, other dikes are in critical conditons, too. The rivers Ems, Aa and Leine in outskirts of and near my hometown Münster see their levels climbing a centimeter every two to three hours. The Werse is a widenign lake over here. Warendorf 20km east of me has been flooded, Telgte 10 km is on the brink of gettign flooded, two district areas on the south-eastern rim of my hometown that are less than 3 km from my position are to 50% under water, over 1m deep they say.
Not 2014 again, please...
Rain is coming for the rest of the week, just maybe not the ammounts anymore that we had the past days. Since the desaster 2014, the city undertook several construction projects to better manage and protect against floodings. Could be that in the coming hours or the next 2-3 days they will be brought to their first test.