VIDEO: 31. of january
Drone video of flooding in Soomaa national park filmed by Kristjan Lust / Blizzardfoto , 31. of January 2016. See photo stream of Kristjan on Flickr
Flood
Fifth season is starting (UPDATED!)
Warm weather of last week has caused a quick snow melting and a rapid rise of water in rivers of Soomaa National Park. According to data of Riisa water observation station at Halliste river the rise has been +160 cm for last three days, since water level started to climb. See PHOTOS from Read More …
Ice fields of Soomaa
Written by Algis Martsoo for Looduskalender.ee Translation Liis Soomaa has nearly 2000 hectares of water meadows. Unfortunately we don’t know precisely how many of them are ice-covered – at least half or 1000 hectares are surely under ice after the present winter floods. The flood ice has formed not only in the water meadows but Read More …
Reuters in Soomaa
Janis and Ints from Reuters visited flooded Soomaa, in the news tomorrow.
The Peak of the Fifth Season
The annual spring flood of Soomaa, known as fifth season has reached his maximum for this time. Enjoy the pictures, taken by Kristian Lust, and see his BlizzardFoto Flickr stream
Here We Go Again!
There is not much to add about the infographic created by Algis. 1 picture is worth of 100 words. If you want to experience the Fifth Season in “real life”, do not come too late!
Rapid rise of water : 50 cm last day
Warm weather has caused a rapid rise of water in rivers of Soomaa National Park. Day before yesterday when the process stared the rise was +10 cm per day and night, last day and night already +50 cm. At the moment the level is 1 meter and 25 centimetres in Riisa water observation station at Read More …
Water has started to rise : +10cm last day
Ther level of water has started to rise in the rivers of Soomaa national park. According to observation data of the Riisa water station the rise of water level in Halliste river has been 10 centimetres during last 24 hours. A big change has happened also on Raudna river, followed by real time Fifth Read More …
4 metres
Water level in flooded Soomaa national park rised last day yesterday, and according to measurments of Riisa hydrological station reached 4 metres and 1 millimeter ! Now it is going slowly down, Flood is still there whole week, but level is less and less every day.
Sveriges Natur Paddling Estonian Amazon
Swedish nature magazine Sveriges Natur had a paddle trip in flooded forests of Soomaa National Park. Pictures in Flickr Pictures in Facebook