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CASE-STUDY: The Elbe River 4400, Elbe-River, eightmeasures, germany,…

- - - - Exceeding levels of rainfall
        
        Between 30 May and 2 June, rainfall reached 250mm
        
        Flood levels exceeded the floods of 2002
    - - Half metro stations were closed
      - Main railway line (to Berlin) was underwater
        
        trains were diverted
      - Government had to open dams to let water flow away quickly
        
        caused more flooding in the North
      - Tigers tranquilized and moved away from enclosure
      - Dresden: the river peaked at 7m above normal, flooding the entire city
      - Bridges closed for traffic
    - - Heavy machinery brought in to stop debris building up at 'Charles Bridge'
      - Chemical Factories were closed
        
        To prevent release of toxic chemicals into floodwaters
      - Over 1000 Czech troops built flood defences
      - Firefighters evacuated 50,000 people
      - Thousands of residents put up sandbags and flood barriers
- - - - Floodpain: protected by dykes and walls (length of 100km)
    - - allows for pre-warnings and sirens
  - - - allowing river to flood there in the future