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

Date

Jul 14, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26I88_279

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120.7Mb (40.2Mb) / 26.5in x 17.7in / 7952 x 5304 (300dpi)

Keywords

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