Germany — Elbe/Hitzacker/Geesthacht — Flood situation on 11 June 2013 — Area affected — Overview — P36

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. The situation on the Elbe is still very tense. The aperture shaft slowly shifts downstream. The levels shown in the map were recorded approximately at the time of recording of the TerraSAR-X scene of June 11. The inscription shows the flow kilometre, the time of the measurement and the water level. The depicted water masks were taken from a TerraSAR-X scene from Tuesday, June 11, (recording time: 07:42 CET) derived. The spatial resolution of the TerraSAR scene is 8.25 meters. RapidEye data with a spatial resolution of 5 meters serves as a background image. Please note that the flood situation in urban areas, under vegetation cover and in areas with high gradients may not be fully detected due to radar geometry. 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.