With Sandbags and Team Spirit, a Polish City Fought Off a Flood
WEB4 days ago · Thousands of residents of Nysa, in southern Poland, formed a human chain overnight to pass each other sandbags, building a wall along a river embankment to keep the raging waters at bay.
Europe floods: Heavy rain to hit Italy as thousands evacuated in Poland …
WEB4 days ago · The city of Nysa, in southwestern Poland, is still shoring up defences despite the provincial local authority confirming water levels have fallen; Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia remain on high...
Seven confirmed dead as Storm Boris rages across Poland, …
WEBSep 15, 2024 · The floods have already spread as far as Nysa, further north and further from the mountains. One family, who live near a reservoir, have sent us pictures of water pouring into their basement.
UPDATE: Floods in Poland: Four dead, hospital evacuated, train …
WEB5 days ago · Heavy rainfall and severe flooding in Poland have led to four fatalities, extensive destruction and the evacuation of a hospital in the south of the country, officials said on Monday. After days of...
Rising rivers threaten southern Poland as flooding recedes …
WEB3 days ago · 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.
Polish town keeps floods at bay as battle continues in Central
WEB4 days ago · Thousands of residents in the south-western Polish town of Nysa rallied on Tuesday to successfully prevent the breaching of a crucial dyke, as severe flooding across Central and Eastern Europe...
At least 17 killed in floods as a month’s worth of rain pounds
WEB5 days ago · CNN — At least 10 people have been killed in some of the worst floods to hit central Europe in decades as Storm Boris sweeps through the region, dumping well over a month’s worth of rain....
Storm Boris: Polish city evacuates as floods batter central Europe
WEB5 days ago · A flooded area in Nysa, Poland. The mayor of a Polish city has asked all 44,000 residents to evacuate, as widespread flooding continues to batter central Europe. Nysa mayor Kordian Kolbiarz...
Rivers overflow in Poland and Romania as 'dramatic' rain spell ...
WEB6 days ago · Officials in Glucholazy, in Poland's Nysa county, ordered evacuations on Sunday morning as a local river started to break its banks, a bridge collapsed and the town was cut off from power supplies.
Entire Polish city of 44,000 asked to evacuate as Storm Boris floods ...
WEB5 days ago · The mayor of Nysa, Kordian Kolbiarz, issued the evacuation order on Monday, urging all 44,000 residents to seek higher ground due to the risk of a nearby embankment breaching.
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