Storm surge and record floods in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
date:Oct 25, 2023
The storm surge on the Baltic Sea hit Schleswig-Holstein especially hard on Friday and Saturday, and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the tide had also flooded shore areas and roads. 2,000 people were brought to safety from the flood waters. The Civil Protection calculated the damage to be in the hundreds of millions. At 2.27 meters, the water level even reached a record level of the century in Flensburg.

North German agriculture seems to have escaped with a black eye. The North Sea coast has n
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