Building a temporary dam... Helicopters drop tons of rocks into a river in the Netherlands

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/01/10

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather - On <strong>January 6 and 7</strong> , two Dutch military helicopters dropped huge bags full of stones in the city of Maastricht, in response to a temporary need to erect a dam, as a result of a collapse in a water drainage dam caused by heavy rains and high water levels, and the National Water Management Agency, Rikswaterstadt, reported, The use of rocks to build the temporary dam in Bucherfeld, Maastricht, was successfully completed on Monday, allowing teams to begin repair work on the affected canal.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="nl" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This new net met 4000 kg aan Breuksteen is the biggest guest in the aflaatdam of the Bosscherveld door <a href="https://twitter.com/Defensie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Defensie</a> . <a href="https://t.co/r83iivPSpx">pic.twitter.com/r83iivPSpx</a></p> — RWS Zuid NL (@RWS_ZN) <a href="https://twitter.com/RWS_ZN/status/1743570182218359116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf... 6, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> More than 480 tons of stones were thrown into the water by Dutch helicopters to build a temporary dam</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Nearly 60 bags, with an estimated total weight of about 480,000 kilograms (529 US tons), were dropped into the water, using two CH-47F Chinook helicopters, according to reports from the Dutch Air Force and the Rijkswaterstaat.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Footage from the Rijkswaterstaat shows rubble falling into the water before the helicopters arrived. The helicopters worked on Saturday and Sunday, while heavy machinery was used on Monday to reinforce the temporary dam with stones.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Read also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A5%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B0-... a family who were trapped for two nights inside a cave in Slovenia</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%... | Floods inundate hundreds of homes in Britain after Storm Henk</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/helicopters-drop-tons-rocks-water-173022112.ht... style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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