21. Jan 2025 | Floods, General, Hochwasser
On 30 January 2025 from 2 p.m., the Deichverband Bislich-Landesgrenze invites you to a ‘Theme Day against Flood Dementia’ at the Bürgerhaus Rees to draw attention to the dangers of flooding and heavy rainfall. 30 years after the last major flood on the Rhine in 1995,...
8. Jan 2025 | Floods, Flutplattform, General, Hochwasser, Topics
We are pleased to present the new DKKV topic page “Floods”. There you can find out how floods occur, how climate change will affect future flood events, what flood protection measures are available and tips on how to take precautions yourself. You can also find...
27. Nov 2024 | Allgemein, Flutplattform, Hochwasser
Flood events pose a growing threat to cities and municipalities. This year’s floods have once again shown how important innovative and sustainable flood protection measures are. With the Flood Prevention Award 2025, the DKKV, together with the Academy for Flood...
3. Sep 2024 | Flutplattform, General, Hochwasser
The German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) invites you to a digital lunchtalk on 4 September 2024 from 13:00 to 14:00, which will focus on the flood events in southern Germany in June 2024. The event will provide a detailed analysis of the exceptional rainfall...
18. Jul 2024 | Allgemein, Hochwasser
In 2023, our institutional member Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) founded the CO-Design project together with the Flood Forecasting Centre (HVZ) Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) with the aim of being better prepared for extreme weather events in the future. As part of the...
