In Poland, the peak wave of flooding on the Oder is moving further downstream. The situation is causing great concern.
“We live in the hope that everything will be fine,” a resident told TVN24. Prime Minister Donald Tusk attended a crisis meeting in Wroclaw. “In some places we are still in the middle of flood protection and rescue measures,” the politician stressed.
After heavy rainfall, flooding and waterlogging occurred in parts of the Czech Republic, Austria and Poland. Entire cities such as Klodzko in Poland and Jesenik in the Czech Republic were flooded and destroyed. In Wroclaw (Breslau) in Lower Silesia, the dams that had been reinforced as a precaution were preserved. The damage in the affected EU countries runs into billions.
According to the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW), the situation could become worrying in the towns of Glogow and Nowa Sol further downstream, where the highest level of the Oder is expected on Monday morning.
“Take every sandbag we can find”
In the Lebus Voivodeship, which borders Brandenburg to the west, preparations are currently in full swing. “We are taking every sandbag we can find,” Marek Cebula, the Voivodeship’s president, told the PAP agency. MEP and former Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski has been appointed as the government’s representative for post-flood reconstruction.
In neighboring Czech Republic, cleanup efforts continued. In the major city of Ostrava, health workers began offering free vaccinations against hepatitis A in flood-affected districts. Flooding increases the risk of this infectious disease because the water can be contaminated.
Police restricted access to the hard-hit town of Jesenik in the Jeseníky Mountains. This was intended to prevent an uncoordinated influx of volunteers from causing chaos. The Czech state expects up to 1.2 billion euros in additional expenses this year as a result of the natural disaster. Insurers estimate the insured damage at around 670 million euros.
Source: Krone
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