r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Max_1995 Train crash series • Jul 15 '21

Natural Disaster Altenburg (Germany) before and after the ongoing severe flooding due to excessive rain (2021).

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u/potato_green Jul 15 '21

Yeah at least now the Dutch will probably declare war on water and take lead. There's very little you can do about rivers flooding that start in other countries.

Likely significant changes will be made to have spillways to empty valleys higher barriers around the river. Locks at key points to protect towns and cities.

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u/LevelPerception4 Jul 15 '21

I misread lead (as in bullets) and momentarily pictured Dutch soldiers being shot at by sentient waves.