| |
2010-03-25 17:16:59 - Biological Hazard - Germany EDIS CODE: BH-20100325-25452-DEU
Date & Time: 2010-03-25 17:16:59 [UTC]
Area: Germany, Brandenburg, , Rangsdorfer Event exciting : Low level oxigen
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Not confirmed information! Description: More than 300 tonnes of dead fish have been dredged from a lake in Germany after thick ice starved the water of oxygen and killed off much of the wildlife. Volunteers have been working at the Rangsdorfer See, south of Berlin, to clear the water of dead fish. Experts say the thick ice covered the lake for a longer time that usual and blocked all sunlight from getting to the water. That in turn meant the plants at the bottom of the lake couldn't produce any oxygen and much of the wildlife within the lake was slowly starved of life. Young fish are now being introduced to the lake to rebuild the fishstocks and local fishermen say numbers will be back to normal within a few seasons. Other willdlife has also been affected by one of the harshest winters on record. Birds, deer and wild boar numbers were also hit by the freezing temperatures and thick snow. Torsten Reinwald, from the Hunting Protection Union, said: "Many animals got stuck in the snow and up the hills we expect some high losses to livestock, especially young wild boars."
The name of Hazard: Fish Die-Off
Species: Animal
Status: Confirmed
|  | | | |
This blog offers a compilation of recent news and world events given by RSOE-Emergency and Disaster Information Service, Reuters News Agency, BBC News , CNN International and Al Jezeera News
