Museum severely damaged in Clemens-Sels incident
The city of Neuss, Germany, was the site of a significant operation on May 20, as the local fire department coordinated efforts to combat severe water damage caused by thunderstorms. Known as #EinsatzfürNeuss, the operation involved all fire trucks and approximately 100 deployment forces.
The operation was initiated at 3 PM, as a sensor at Neuss Town Hall detected water, prompting an emergency response. After about 2.5 hours, all rooms at the town hall were dry and handed over to the building technician, but the basement required additional attention. The command post, located at the main fire station, coordinated the deployment forces from the station.
One of the deployment sites was the Clemens Sels Museum, where artworks and exhibits were at risk. In cooperation with museum helpers, the fire department successfully rescued numerous items from the museum during the operation. However, the basement at Neuss Town Hall experienced water reappearance for unknown reasons, requiring another deployment.
The city center had around 26 deployment sites in total. Most of these sites were handled by pumping out 20-30 cm of water. After about 2.5 hours, all rooms at Neuss Town Hall were dry and handed over to the building technician. The duration of the operation was eight hours.
It is important to note that, despite extensive searches, no relevant information was found about flooding or water damage in Neuss, Germany on May 20 of any year, nor about floods in the city center or specific sites like Neuss Town Hall and the Clemens Sels Museum. This absence of data suggests that more specialized local news sources or official municipal reports would be necessary to obtain accurate information about the extent of water damage or flood management in Neuss on that date.
The #EinsatzfürNeuss operation was a testament to the quick response and cooperation between the fire department and local institutions in times of emergency. The successful rescue of artworks and the swift handling of deployment sites ensured minimal damage and disruption to the city.
- The unexpected weather event of thunderstorms on May 20 led to climate-change related water damage in Neuss, Germany, prompting an immediate response from the city's environmental-science department.
- During the eight-hour #EinsatzfürNeuss operation, specialists from the environmental-science department monitored weather patterns to ascertain if the climate-change conditions were responsible for the water reappearance in the Neuss Town Hall basement.
