Floodwater reservoir becomes Poland's hero for preventing major ...
WEB1 day ago — 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 Central Europe. “National Hero,” the “King of Gold” and “Raciborz Reservoir the ...
Europe floods: Heavy rain to hit Italy as thousands evacuated in Poland …
WEBSep 17, 2024 — Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk has declared a month-long state of natural disaster, with the worst flooding excepted to hit the Polish city of Wroclaw tomorrow Share close panel
Rising rivers threaten southern Poland as flooding recedes …
WEBSep 18, 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.
Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen ...
WEB6 days ago — 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...
Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce their river banks ahead …
WEBSep 17, 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.
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas to ...
WEBSep 17, 2024 — Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as nearby municipalities advised residents to evacuate and authorities across...
Europe floods: EU plans €10 billion aid for affected members
WEB6 days ago — 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 experienced it...
Europe floods: Fears of further deaths as heavy rain continues - BBC
WEBSep 13, 2024 — In the town of Wroclaw, thousands of residents had to use the staircases of the high-rise blocks because the lifts were shut amid flooding fears, local media reported.
Seven confirmed dead as Storm Boris rages across Poland, …
WEBSep 15, 2024 — Countries across Central and Eastern Europe are facing extreme flooding as Storm Boris wreaks havoc across the continent. A firefighter has died during a flood rescue in Austria and people have...
Deadly floods in central Europe swirl towards Poland's historic Wroclaw
WEBBy Kuba Stezycki, Janis Laizans and Radovan Stoklasa WROCLAW, Poland/OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) -Residents and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in the historic Polish city of ...