With Sandbags and Team Spirit, a Polish City Fought Off a Flood
Sep 17, 2024 · 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.
At least 17 killed in floods as a month’s worth of rain pounds
Sep 16, 2024 · CNN — At least 17 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. Austria,...
Polish town keeps floods at bay as battle continues in Central
Sep 17, 2024 · 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...
Storm Boris: Polish city evacuates as floods batter central Europe
Sep 16, 2024 · 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 asked people to head for higher...
Floods claim two more casualties as torrential rain batters ... - NBC News
Sep 15, 2024 · Officials in Glucholazy in Poland’s Nysa county ordered evacuations on Sunday morning as local river started to break its banks and the town was cut off from power supplies.
Poland reports two more deaths in central Europe floods
WARSAW, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Deaths from massive floods in southwest Poland this month have risen to nine, police said, reporting two more bodies found in the clean-up. At least 26 people died...
Seven confirmed dead as Storm Boris rages across Poland, …
Sep 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.
Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce their ... - Associated Press News
Sep 18, 2024 · Tusk’s government has declared a state of natural disaster across southern Poland. To the south of Wroclaw, residents spent the night fighting to save Nysa, a town of 44,000 people, after the Nysa Klodzka River broke its banks the day before.
Europe floods: Heavy rain to hit Italy as thousands evacuated in Poland …
Sep 17, 2024 · 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...
Europe floods forces evacuation of entire city, fires tear through ...
Sep 17, 2024 · The mayor of Nysa in Poland ordered the evacuation of all 44,000 residents as water levels in the city’s river rose and threatened to send more floods through its neighborhoods.
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