on the Night of Wednesday, DMI has warned that the fierce gale force winds and elevated water levels will be the worst seen over the day.
There is issued warning of increased water levels, and DMI expects a water level of between 1.2 and 1.5 metres above normal in the areas where the wind hits the hardest.
It is especially at the Odense Fjord and the island of funen, that the water level is expected to increase the most. Therefore, Preparedness Fyn ready to handle the big bodies of water, which can create floods in several places.
Community - 8. jan. 2019 - at. 05:55 strong winds and risk of flooding
The various municipal forces around the country have prepared themselves for a busy afternoon and evening in the course of Tuesdays, where there have already been classified watertubes and sandbags in a number of cities. It has also prepared personnel for the challenges.
Around the bell 20 of the first beredskabsmandskab so in action, tells chefvagt of Preparedness Funen Knud Otto Vestergaard to Ekstra Bladet:
- We are out in the Park by the moat. The reason thereof is that when the water level rises in the great belt, we need to pump the water out before it becomes critical. It we started at 20, but we expect it will not be as bad as the forecast said, in the first instance, although it can be close to the threshold of pain.
- We have not heard anything from the concerned citizens yet, so we are well running and well-prepared, explains Knud Otto Vestergaard.
Chefvagten expect that preparedness is going to struggle with water masses in other places on the island of Funen, but he states that it will not be as bad as first thought.
the agency at work in Jyllinge the Bear at the Roskilde Fjord on Wednesday, 2. January 2018. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
DMI: Worst in the night
At DMI has downgraded its outlook for stormfloden, and on Tuesday night, it is estimated that 'only' will be talking about elevated water levels. Thus it becomes not a repetition of the floods, which hit the south of Denmark last week, tells the officer Marianne Patzer to Ekstra Bladet:
- There comes some water, but it doesn't come close to what we got lately. We communicate, of course, constantly with all relevant authorities, if that should change.
DMI expects that the elevated water levels are the worst In the Odense Fjord, and by Sundown, but it is also hitting other places, explains Marianne Patzer:
Trekantsmrådet gets increased water level of up to 120 to 135 centimeters. In the area by the great belt, will the water level will also rise. It gets worst between the hours of two and five o'clock in the night. Then move the water more to the south, sounds it.
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