Mikkel Hørlyck Photography
Conflict photojournalist and visual artist

Floodings Denmark is part of Infinite (2023-2027) - Timeless (2023-2029) - A Deadly Narrative (2016-ongoing)

Copenhagen is one of the approximately 50 municipalities that are at risk of flooding during extreme weather. Østerbro, Copenhagen.

Port Esbjerg, Southwest Jutland, Denmark. 7 January 2025. It has been raining, the gale force wind on the sea has picked up speed and now the water level has risen by up to 3.5 metres. Efforts are being made to remedy the situation, which went better than feared, according to the weather reports from DMI, Denmark's Meteorological Institute, and the media.

According to DMI's Climate Atlas: "From 30 to 50 cm increase. The water level will rise faster and faster. The water rises least in North Jutland and most in Southwestern Jutland. The difference is connected to the uplift of the land after the last ice age."

Overview of the port of Esbjerg, Southwest Jutland, Denmark. Water has accumulated as floods here and around the harbour. The situation is under control and the weather is balancing again. Ports in West Jutland are particularly exposed when the water level rises.

Overview of the port of Esbjerg, Southwest Jutland, Denmark. Water has accumulated as floods here and around the harbour. The situation is under control and the weather is balancing again. Ports in West Jutland are particularly exposed when the water level rises.

Increased water level and wind are connected, and here a tree is broken after the night's storm force in Esbjerg, which challenged the whole of West Jutland in Denmark.

The floods have spread in Port Esbjerg. The media and DMI, Denmark's Meteorological Institute, reported Category 2 weather, which is dangerous. The scale of the severity of the weather varies in only three categories.

Port Esbjerg, Southwest Jutland, Denmark. 7 January 2025. It has been raining, the gale force wind on the sea has picked up speed and now the water level has risen by up to 3.5 metres. Efforts are being made to remedy the situation, which went better than feared, according to the weather reports from DMI, Denmark's Meteorological Institute, and the media.

According to DMI's Climate Atlas: "From 30 to 50 cm increase. The water level will rise faster and faster. The water rises least in North Jutland and most in Southwestern Jutland. The difference is connected to the uplift of the land after the last ice age."

Black Sea, where homes are, but luckily, they are located high up so that the water cannot reach them in the form of floods when the water level rises. However, the water level is assessed and analyzed to rise more and more as time goes on.

Fields are flooded after dangerous weather is reported by the authorities in Denmark: the police, DMI - Denmark's Meteorological Institute and various media. The passage is from the early morning train from Copenhagen to Esbjerg, where these fields are close to Esbjerg city.

The King's Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is raining, windy with gales, traffic with dangerous weather on snow-slick roads and reports are constantly on the way, throughout Denmark. It has rained during the night and continues in Copenhagen in the morning. On the night between Monday and Tuesday, there is a high risk of high water levels in West Jutland, incl. risk of flooding and storm surge. At Esbjerg - completely opposite geographically from Copenhagen - DMI, Denmark's Meteorological Institute, warns of increased water levels up to 3.5 meters above normal water levels.

Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is raining, windy with gales, traffic with dangerous weather on snow-slick roads and reports are constantly on the way, throughout Denmark. It has rained during the night and continues in Copenhagen in the morning. On the night between Monday and Tuesday, there is a high risk of high water levels in West Jutland, incl. risk of flooding and storm surge. At Esbjerg - completely opposite geographically from Copenhagen - DMI, Denmark's Meteorological Institute, warns of increased water levels up to 3.5 meters above normal water levels.

Copenhagen, Denmark. It is raining, windy with gales, traffic with dangerous weather on snow-slick roads and reports are constantly on the way, throughout Denmark. It has rained during the night and continues in Copenhagen in the morning. On the night between Monday and Tuesday, there is a high risk of high water levels in West Jutland, incl. risk of flooding and storm surge. At Esbjerg - completely opposite geographically from Copenhagen - DMI, Denmark's Meteorological Institute, warns of increased water levels up to 3.5 meters abovenormal water levels.

Snowy weather and wind moves during the night over Denmark and arrives in the capital Copenhagen at 08:40 AM.

According to DMI's Climate Atlas: "From 6% to 23% more precipitation on an annual basis. This is primarily due to the fact that the winters are getting wetter, but to some extent also the spring and autumn are wetter."

And: “From 30% to 70% more. Although no major changes are expected in the summer's total precipitation, we can expect more heavy precipitation events and cloudbursts in the summer. The heaviest precipitation events are expected to become more severe."

By the lakes on Østerbro in Copenhagen. A seagull flies 1st of January 2025, where it’s windy.

In Vejle, about 230 kilometers by car from Copenhagen, there is an elevated water level this day, where streams are filled to the breaking point, while some roads are flooded. It's raining in Denmark.

Copenhagen is one of the approximately 50 municipalities that are at risk of flooding during extreme weather. Østerbro, Copenhagen.

At Østerbro, close to Nordhavn, Copenhagen, it is windy and raining. The development of municipalities that are threatened by floods in Denmark has increased. A storm surge that can devastate a larger area is said to occur more frequently in Denmark: "A storm surge, which statistically occurs every 20 years, will very likely become an event that can occur every or every other year at the end of the century,” says the Ministry of the Environment and Gender Equality in 2024.