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River Views #912: The Flood 11


The Ruhr looked really dangerous from the Schloßbrücke.

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River Views #911: The Flood 10


The Müga Gardens on the other side of the river were also heavily flooded.

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River Views #910: The Flood 9


I had never seen the usually relatively calm Ruhr so violent before.

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River Views #909: The Flood 8


The cellars of Mülheim’s Stadthalle were reportedly not flooded, but it was very close.

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River Views #908: The Flood 7


Even the Canada Geese had fled the roaring water masses. In the foreground are the damaged fountains which were later recovered.

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River Views #907: The Flood 6


The water got very close to what was ironically the former city baths, now converted to apartments. If you look closely, you can actually see someone sitting on one of the balconies!

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River Views #906: The Flood 5


The trees at the riverfront survived the flood and were fine afterwards.

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River Views #905: The Flood 4


The path along the riverfront was completely submerged, something that has never happened before in my lifetime.

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River Views #904: The Flood 3


The steps at the little city harbour were almost completely under water.

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River Views #903: The Flood 2


The river was slowly flowing into the inner city – the water levels had risen by almost five meters later that day.

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