PREVIEW

"High water" is written on a sign that has been erected under the trough bridge at the Magdeburg waterway junction. According to statistics, this year's winter is wetter than usual. Saxony-Anhalt is set to experience the wettest winter since weather records began. According to preliminary figures, there was an average of around 377 liters of precipitation per square meter in December, January and February. As a result of all the rain, many agricultural areas are currently impassable.