End of a chapter: SN Inside goes, but 5 in 5 comes!

On December 27, 2024, it was officially announced that the newsletter "SN Inside" ends with the last issue. In the future, a new format called "5 in 5" will be introduced, which presents the most important local messages in short and concise sentences every day. The last newsletter includes personal anecdotes and philosophical explanations of the author and looks back at the Christmas flood of the past year in Rinteln and Rodenberg.

While Stadthagen is optimistic about the future, especially with regard to increasing prices and the conclusion of fiber optic supply projects in the coming year, a picture of the week will also be shown. Woolworth in Stadthagen presents decorative items for Easter, although the message develops in the middle of the Christmas week. The editorial coordinator wishes the readers a nice weekend.

Christmas flood 2023/2024

In the context of the flood, the reporting is reminiscent of the Christmas flood 2023/2024, which caused massive floods in several regions of northern Germany, including Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia. From Christmas 2023, heavy rainfall led to large -scale floods on already saturated soils, which stopped until January 2024. Evacuations had to be carried out in several towns, while dams were carried out by water relief.

The precipitation card shows the affected rivers from December 22, 2023 to January 4, 2024. In addition, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service for satellite observation were activated on December 22, 2023. On December 29, 2023, Lower Saxony asked the Bundeswehr for administrative assistance, and on December 30, 2023, the European disaster protection mechanism was activated, while the district of Mansfeld-Südharz struck the disaster. The flood events led to considerable damage in Lower Saxony, estimated at 161 million euros, as well as damage to insured damage in northern and central Germany of around 200 million euros.

The levels of the rivers in Lower Saxony, especially Mittelweser, Aller, Leine and Oker, were significantly affected. In Bavaria, the flood focus was on the Franconian Saale. Experts evaluate the predictability of such flood events than improved compared to previous extreme floods. On February 12, 2024, the Lower Saxony State Parliament decided on a supplementary budget of 111 million euros to combat flood damage.

For more information about the flood, which led to the catastrophe, more Details can be found on Wikipedia at Christmas flood 2023/2024 . In addition, Sn online on the closure of the newsletter and the upcoming changes in News report.