June floods 1961

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The June flood of 1961 was a catastrophic flood event caused by severe storms. In the period between June 2 and 8, 1961, it hit southern Lower Saxony and neighboring areas as well as western and southern Germany. In Lower Saxony alone ten people were killed by lightning on June 7, 1961, in the northern Harz foreland at least nine people drowned. The Eifel was also particularly hard hit . The Rhine brought a flood wave that flooded parts of the city of Duisburg .

consequences

The flood caused by the storms led to a fundamental reorganization of flood protection in the Aller-Leine area. Shortly after the disaster, the Lower Saxony state government decided on the Aller-Leine-Oker Plan, which was already being planned after the 1956 flood.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, June 8, 1961
2. ↑ Friedrich Hamm (1976): Natural History Chronicle of Northwest Germany . Landbuchverlag Hannover: p. 295.
3. ↑ http://www.leineverband.de/index.php?navi=hochwasserschutz