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

Date

Jul 15, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25B78_133

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120,7Mb (3,8Mb) / 26,5in x 17,7in / 7952 x 5304 (300dpi)

Keywords

long water level water levels bed beds house houses home homes building buildings structure construction constructions meal meals food nutrition food rescue rescues breeding breedings railway track rail railway tracks railroad track rails railroad tracks track tracks rail traffic rail traffic motorboat motorboats Motor vessel boat boats ship ships vessel transport transports transportation emergency emergencies flood floods flooding high water water flood floodwater catastrophe catastrophes disaster flood floods misfortune misfortunes fire department fire brigade fire departments Fire services water waters waterfront river rivers waters water body body of water nest nests rain nature open air 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 nesting site nesting sites nesting place bird's nest birds' nests bird-nest means of transportation means of transportation Life boat Life boats Lifeboat Lifeboats landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo rescue rescuing rescues save saving saves flooded nest nesting nests flood floods high tide high tides european person persons Human being People human humans individual individuals rainy rain-swept fire-fighting boat fire-fighting boats fire boat fire boats means of transportation means of transportation Means of transport coastguard coast guards coast-guard breeding ground breeding grounds breeding area breeding site breeding sites breeding areas breeding place breeding places breeding operation operations action duty in use railway section railway sections train line train track rain raining rains Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD Three People 3 people three persons Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft DLRG railroad line railroad lines railroad track railway line railway track railway lines railway tracks railroad tracks breeding season breeding time breeding season precipitation precipitations parental care mass of water masses of water water masses travel photography Essen Bochum Ruhrtal Ruhr Valley railway train trains railways railroad railroads aerie eyrie eyry nest nests aeries eyries Central Europe Middle Europe Rainfall fierce heavy Ruhr floods Essen-Horst