Flood peak passes Saxony: easing in sight

"The flood crest is currently moving along the Saxon section of the Elbe and has already passed the Schöna and Dresden gauges," it said. In Schöna (Saxon Switzerland), alert level 3 was still in force on Saturday, but the level is expected to have already fallen below this on Sunday morning. In Dresden, it is not expected that the Elbe will exceed a water level of six meters and thus alert level 3 will come into force. A level of 5.68 meters was measured at the Dresden gauge in the early morning. It had already fallen again by three centimeters by midday. The normal level at the Dresden gauge is two meters.