In some areas, more than 100 millimeters of rain may fall until Tuesday evening, according to the authority's forecasts. For comparison, an average of 65.8 millimeters of rain falls during the entire month of July.
From Monday afternoon to Tuesday evening, DMI has issued category 2 and 3 warnings for heavy and very heavy precipitation, where 50-80 millimeters are expected to fall in a large part of the country and 80-120 millimeters are estimated in an area around eastern Jutland, Funen, western Zealand and Lolland and Falster.
DMI now warns that the amounts of rain can cause a rapid and noticeable rise in water levels in rivers and lakes, with flooding as a result.
Several insurance companies are now warning hundreds of thousands of their customers, according to Danish media. One of them is the insurance company Tryg, which has sent SMS to 150,000 homeowners with good advice on how to prevent damage during the rain weather.
