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High water levels and flooding are currently problems in several parts of the Netherlands, and there is little prospect of improvement, experts say. “We only see the highest groundwater levels at the end of winter: around February or March. We expect that now, too,” Lucas Borst from PWN told NH Nieuws.

The Rhine River will reach its highest level on Sunday near Lobith, Gelderland, where the river enters the Netherlands from Germany. It will be the fourth high water peak observed since November 22. It is extremely rare that such high water levels are measured in Lobith in a relatively short period of time.

The fire department was busy placing sandbags and pumping out water from the flooded areas of Volendam on Sunday. Sandbags have been placed at the well-known Hotel Spaander at the harbor, according to the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Water has also been pumped out of the basement of the hotel. Areas outside the dikes in Volendam, and also in nearby Monnickendam, have suffered from flooding because of the very high water level of the Markermeer. The lake reached its highest water level on Sunday morning.

The highest water level of the Rhine River in Lobith will be reached on Sunday. The water level in the Gelderland village, where the river enters the Netherlands, is somewhat lower than what infrastructure agency Rijkswaterstaat expected. The river will reach a peak of about 14.35 meters above the NAP Amsterdam sea level, which is about 15 centimeters lower than the peak observed just before New Year's Eve, the agency said.