Severe Weather
Flood alerts and flood warnings are in force in a few provinces in the south of Poland. The danger point and flood state have been exceeded in a number of places. In the regions threatened with floods firefighters have intervened hundreds of times. However, the situation is becoming stable in the Ropczycko-Sędziszowski district (the Subcarpathian Province), where as a result of heavy rains the local river Wielopolka burst its banks on Thursday. 400 houses have been hit by flooding and as many as 600 people have been evacuated. There is also one fatality – a middle-aged man from the village of Brzeziny. His body was found on the shore of the river. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (MSWiA) Grzegorz Schetyna together with the Deputy Head of the Presidential Chancellery Władysław Stasiak went to Ropczyce on Friday. After night rainfall in Lower Silesia flood alerts are still in force in 9 places: Wrocław and Jelenia Góra as well as the municipalities of Marcinowice, Stare Bogaczowice, Świdnica, Kłodzko, Zagrodno, Nowa Ruda and the Kłodzko district. The flood-warning service is in force in 16 towns and cities. Due to the controlled flooding of one of Wrocław’s streets and a farm located in the city suburbs, a flood alert has been introduced in Wrocław. According to a Polish Press Agency (PAP) press officer in Wrocław, Krzysztof Gielsa, within the last 24 hours firefighters from Lower Silesia had to intervene as many as 257 times. Weather forecasters say that it is still going to rain heavily.
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