Caption

High water on the Ruhr, after long heavy rainfall the river came out of its bed and flooded the countryside and villages, the highest water level ever measured, over 20 people were rescued from flooded houses by the fire brigade and DLRG in Bochum Dahlhausen, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

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BRK24E78_318

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120,7Mb (5,7Mb) / 26,5in x 17,7in / 7952 x 5304 (300dpi)

Keywords

20 4 people Bochum Central Europe DLRG Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft Essen Essen-Horst Europe FRG Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Four People German German Federal Republic Germany Human being Life boat Lifeboat Means of transport Middle Europe Motor vessel NRW North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia People Rainfall Republic of Germany Ruhr Ruhr Valley Ruhr area Ruhr district Ruhr floods Ruhr region Ruhrgebiet Ruhrtal action aerie bed bird's nest bird-nest boat body of water breeding breeding area breeding ground breeding place breeding season breeding site breeding time building catastrophe coast guards coast-guard coastguard construction countryside disaster duty emergency european eyrie eyry fierce fire boat fire brigade fire department fire-fighting boat flood flooded flooding floodwater food heavy high tide high water home house landscape landscape photo landscape shot long mass of water meal means of transportation misfortune motorboat nature nest nesting place nesting site nutrition open air operation parental care person place precipitation rail rail traffic railroad railroad line railroad track railway railway line railway section railway track rain rain-swept rainy rescue river save scenery ship spot structure town track train train line train track transport transportation travel photography twenty vessel village water water level water masses waterfront