The Ruhr Valley, in north-west Germany, is an industrial coal-mining area. And because of that kilometre-deep mining, parts of it have sunk, the drainage patterns have changed: and now, if the pumps of Emschergenossenschaft ever stop, quite a few towns and cities will end up flooded.

Filmed safely in September 2020: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/

REFERENCES:
https://www.derwesten.de/region/rhein...
https://fxreflects.blogspot.com/2008/...
-- and of course, my interview with the team from Emschergenossenschaft

Edited by Michelle Martin   / mrsmmartin  

Thanks to Bela Lempp and Daniel Fischer for the suggestion.

(Alternate title: "Iffen Pumperschtoppen, Der Deutschehabitaten Unterwasser". Alternate video:    • Feuerherz - Wer kann da denn schon ne...   )

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