Dyke surveillance discontinued and dyke passages reopen

The highest measured water level at sea was NAP+ 3.72.

Storm Eunice prompted dyke surveillance full dyke surveillance last night. At 3:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, surveillance was scaled back.
No abnormalities were found or incidents reported during the inspection. A live seal was found near the Emmapolder wave run-up measuring point. 

Seal found during dyke surveillance Emmapolder
Live seal found during dyke surveillance Emmapolder

The dyke passages Delfzijl reopened at 5:45 a.m. The port area in Delfzijl is once again accessible as normal.

Update 2:00 p.m.

An inspection of the dykes flood embankments other structures was conducted in daylight. The storm sea defence a few areas of wear on the sea defence . We can address these during our regular maintenance work. Furthermore, region issues were found in our region , and no damage was observed to our structures.