Hochwassergefahr, Auskunft einholen

•  § 8 Abs. 1 Verordnung über den Hochwassernachrichten- und Alarmdienst im Freistaat Sachsen (HWNVO)

If you live near a watercourse and your house, your business or your belongings could be at risk from flooding, the following reliable sources of information on water levels and flood risk are available to you:

 INTERNET
The Saxony Flood Centre provides up-to-date information on its website about

• water levels
• flow rates
• precipitation
• Flood warnings
• Flood forecasts (graphical)

INFORMATION VIA TELEPHONE

• Voice announcement for flood warnings
• Measured value announcement of the water levels
• Measured value announcement of the Elbe water levels

RSS-FEEDS
RSS is a standardised news format that can be accessed via the Internet. It can be read with feed readers. Flood warnings in this format are available for PCs, tablets and smartphones.

MDR VIDEO TEXT

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Current data on water levels and flow rates at water gauges are published every 15 minutes via the above-mentioned website and the voice announcements of the Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, and every 2 hours on MDR teletext.

Current data on precipitation is published every hour on the above-mentioned website of the Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie.

Flood warnings and flood forecasts are published via all the above-mentioned transmission channels on an ad hoc basis, i.e. in the event of flooding.

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