Thüringen Flood Warning Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Thüringen Document type Regulation Date 1997 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleThüringen Ordinance on the establishment of a warning and alarm service for the protection against flooding. Subject Water Keyword Flood Institution Classification/declassification Data collection/reporting Waterworks Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to a warning and alarm service in case of flooding. Article 4 establishes a Flooding Reporting Service in Turing. Article 6 lists the following flooding levels: Level I - starting to overflow the river banks , Level II - flooding of green land or forestry areas, Level III - flooding of individual plots of land, streets or cellars, Level IV - flooding of great areas including streets and plants, danger for human beings, animals, objects and plants. The text consists of 8 articles. Full text German Website www.thueringen.de