Caption

Ruhr flood near Essen-Kettwig, district Vor der Brücke, flooded road, flood on the Ruhr, after long heavy rainfall the river left its bed and flooded the countryside and villages, the highest water level ever measured, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Jul 15, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24H22_359

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (3,4Mb) / 20,0in x 13,3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

long water level water levels bed beds building buildings structure construction constructions city cities town urban urban municipal urban environment emergency emergencies flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater catastrophe catastrophes disaster flood floods misfortune misfortunes wave waves water waters waterfront river rivers rain Ruhr Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German Europe Europe's village town place spot historic historical historically road roads street streets Straße old town old towns historic center historic centre historic city centre historic city center historic old town historic part historical old town old city old district Old town area old historic town flooded flood floods high tide high tides european rainy rain-swept high tall operation operations action duty in use rain raining rains Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD two people 2 people two persons precipitation precipitations mass of water masses of water water masses travel photography Essen Kettwig Ruhrtal Ruhr Valley Downtown midtown city center city centre town center Town centre Inner city Inner town in the centre of part of town parts of town district Central Europe Middle Europe Historic quarters Historic districts Historic district Historic quarter Rainfall fierce heavy Ruhr floods Essen-Kettwig Photography