Rising rivers threaten southern Poland as flooding recedes …
Sep 19, 2024 — Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe.
Floodwater reservoir becomes Poland’s hero for preventing major flooding
Sep 24, 2024 — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Grateful Poles are heaping praise — and coming up with fond names — to honor their silent hero that just saved them: a floodwater reservoir that spared the cities of Opole and Wroclaw from imminent flooding that ravaged parts of …
Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce their ... - Associated Press News
Sep 18, 2024 — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes.
Flooding in Poland: Wroclaw braces for major flood wave
Sep 17, 2024 — The citizens and authorities of Wroclaw, in southwestern Poland, are working feverishly to prepare for a dramatic rise in floodwaters. The city of Wroclaw is expecting the Oder River to reach its...
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas to ...
Sep 18, 2024 — At least 21 killed in central Europe floods since weekend. Historic Wroclaw prepares for high waters. At least 15,000 evacuated in Czech Republic. Hungarian, Slovak capitals deal with high...
Social media mobilises Poles to battle floods in historic city
Sep 20, 2024 — WROCLAW, Poland, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A social media producer whose accounts would normally show people where to eat out and relax in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw has shifted his...
Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen ...
Sep 20, 2024 — WROCLAW, Poland, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The European Union will make billions of euros available to help central Europe recover from severe floods, European Commission President Ursula von der...
Polish army in race to beat rising floodwater as country ... - Sky News
Sep 18, 2024 — The southern city of Wroclaw is now on high alert. A wave is predicted to hit in the next 24 hours, so the race is on to bolster defences. Residents rapidly fill sandbags and pile them along at-risk roads. Soldiers have been deploying sandbags to protect buildings ahead of predicted flooding in Wroclaw. Pic: Reuters.
Europe floods: EU plans €10 billion aid for affected members
Sep 19, 2024 — Poland's third-largest city, Wroclaw, is preparing for peaking floods, with early indications on Thursday showing its defenses are holding. The alarm comes after central Europe...
Europe floods: Tusk in southern Poland for crisis meeting
Sep 17, 2024 — Sluggish but full to bursting, the Vistula River is slowly flooding the promenade in Krakow, Poland. Following an emergency government meeting in Warsaw on Monday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk...