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by rad_gruchalski 1795 days ago
Wasn't it similar in 2015 or 2016, can't remember anymore, when Müsch was under water and Herschbroich seen water coming? 2012 seen Ditscheid flooding and that is 400+ meters above the see level. That was just one day of very heavy rain.

What really gets me about the situation in that region is that when driving along the L257, between the road and tops to the right, direction Adenau, it's clearly visible that these plains are flood plains. Who allows to build there? It's the same in Monschau. On the other side of the bridge across the old town, there were new houses built maybe a meter higher than the river.