Germany — Dessau — Flood situation on 5 June 2013 — Area affected — P09

Persistent rainfall has led to severe floods in many parts of Germany in recent days. The local forces are supported by the Federal Police, the Bundeswehr and the Technical Relief Agency. In Dessau, the peak of the floods was reached on Wednesday afternoon. The water surfaces shown in the map were derived from a scene of the RapidEye satellites with a spatial resolution of 5 meters recorded on 5 June 2013 at 12:30 CET. The level was about 6 meters at the time of recording. RapidEye data with a spatial resolution of 5 meters serves as a background image. This product was created within the framework contract “ZKI-DE” between the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Updated product versions are available at http://www.zki.dlr.de.