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Gerrit Hiemstra
Goedereede
Goeree-Overflakkee
Hollandse Delta
Melissant
Rotterdam Rijnmond
Stellendam
water storage area
Monday, 14 October 2013 - 04:16
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Another week of high water levels Goeree

After a Sunday of prolonged precipitation and gusts it will take another week before the water level on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee is back to normal levels, reports the Hollandse Delta water board.All pumps are up and running and dozens of emergency pumps have been placed everywhere in the area. But the ditches are so full that the water level goes down very slowly . At the beginning of the evening Dutch Delta was still receiving more reports of high water. GoereeOverflakkee
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Wikimedia commons On Sunday many reports came in from different parts of the country, but Goeree-Overflakkee was affected the most by the rains. Some places got more than 3.9" of rain, even more than the expected 3.2"or 3.5", according to the safety region Rotterdam Rijnmond. October doesn't usually see this much precipitation. In the villages Goedereede, Stellendam, and Melissant virtually all the streets were flooded Sunday afternoon. Residents were advised to bring their furniture to safety. There were a few hundred reports from people whose homes flooded. Two polders were arranged as water storage area. Monday is another rainy day in the western part of the country but with some 0.4" significantly less than Sunday. The forecast for this week predicts unstable weather, except for the dry Wednesday, but the most extreme weather is behind us, according to NOS weatherman Gerrit Hiemstra.

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