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.
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...
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 Leyen...
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas to ...
Sep 18, 2024 · WROCLAW, Poland/OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as nearby...
Polish army in race to beat rising floodwater as country ... - Sky News
Sep 18, 2024 · Poland hit with extensive flooding. The flooding in Poland has been classified as a disaster. Whole communities have been left underwater. 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.
Social media mobilises Poles to battle floods in historic city
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 focus...
Europe floods: Heavy rain to hit Italy as thousands evacuated in Poland …
Sep 17, 2024 · At least 21 people have died in flooding in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria. Italy is now seeing heavy rain with frequent thunderstorms expected in the coming days - experts say...
Europe floods: EU plans €10 billion aid for affected members
Sep 19, 2024 · Days of flooding have wreaked death and destruction across Central Europe. The Polish city of Wroclaw hosted the leaders of the region's most affected by Storm Boris to discuss European aid.
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas
Sep 17, 2024 · WROCLAW, Poland/OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) -Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as nearby municipalities...