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Cologne (dpa / lnw) - Shipping on the Rhine in Cologne was suspended on Thursday due to the flood.
The high water mark II of 8.30 meters was reached in the afternoon.
During the course of Friday, the city expects the highest level. "It will not really sink over the weekend," said Cologne's flood control center.
Only at the beginning of the week is expected that the tides will slowly recede.
Accordingly, the Rhine flood reporting center in Mainz expects Cologne to reach a high of between 8.40 and 8.70 meters on Friday.
As a precaution, mobile walls are to be erected in the city at the entrances from the Rhine to the old town on Friday.
At Bonn the high water mark II had already been exceeded, the ships on the section had to anchor.
"The shipping is adjusting to the situation," said a spokesman for the management of the water police in Duisburg.
The berths in Cologne are well utilized.
Around 80 ships are currently at anchor in the port of Niehl alone.
In addition to the 30 passenger ships that will stay there over the winter, 50 more have come.
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In Bonn, the bank areas on both sides of the river were flooded in the center.
Footpaths and bike paths have been cordoned off.
The city announced that parked cars would be towed away.
The city gave the residents on the Rhine the all-clear.
According to current forecasts, the flood will not reach the residential areas.
The lower-lying district of Beuel on the right bank of the Rhine was particularly affected by floods in previous years.
Melt water and rainfall caused the water level in Cologne to rise significantly in the past few days.
The high water mark I was exceeded in the cathedral city on Saturday.
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