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Located at the confluence of Nemunas and Neris, Kaunas has suffered from floods since the beginning of its settlement. However, more detailed knowledge about floods began to be gathered only in the 19th century. in 1877 to monitor the water level in the river, a Nemunas water level measuring station was established near the Vytautas church, and a vertical station gauge was installed on the granite wall surrounding the church. Interwar Kaunas experienced unrest every spring. The residents of the temporary capital were worried about the ice piled up at the mouth of the Neris. The army rushed to curb the disaster, but it was far from always possible to avoid the disaster that brought enormous losses to Kaunas. The great spring floods of 1926, 1931 and in 1936 during the period, the rhythm of the life of the Kaunas people was disturbed, they became familiar with the problems currently affecting only Rusnė Island and its surroundings in Lithuania. However, the criterion of extreme events was definitely exceeded in 1946. flood water level.