But there are also the so-called "floods of the century", which cause a stir nationwide and are not forgotten for a long time. Like the summer flood of 2013, which turned large parts of southern, eastern and northern Germany into disaster areas. Another phenomenon is the increasing occurrence of heavy rain events, which can cause severe flooding far away from large bodies of water.

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Read here what you can do to protect yourself and others as well as your property from flooding and how you should behave when flooding occurs.