Floodwater reservoir becomes Poland’s hero for preventing major flooding
Sep 24, 2024 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Grateful Poles are heaping praise — and coming up with fond names — to honor their silent hero that just saved them: a floodwater reservoir that spared the cities of Opole and Wroclaw from imminent flooding that ravaged parts of Central Europe. “National Hero,” the “King of Gold” and “Raciborz Reservoir the Great.”
Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce their ... - Associated Press News
Sep 18, 2024 · Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe.
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...
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.
Flood-hit regions in Central Europe will get billions in EU aid
Sep 20, 2024 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday pledged billions of euros in aid for Central European countries that suffered enormous damage to infrastructure and housing during the massive flooding that has so far claimed 24 lives in …
Watch view of Oder River in Poland as deadly flooding causes ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Watch a view of the scene at the swollen Oder River in Wroclaw on Thursday 19 September as severe flooding causes devastation in Poland. Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at...
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas to ...
Sep 18, 2024 · At least 21 killed in central Europe floods since weekend; Historic Wroclaw prepares for high waters; At least 15,000 evacuated in Czech Republic; Hungarian, Slovak capitals deal with high...
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.
Europe floods: Heavy rain to hit Italy as thousands evacuated in
Sep 17, 2024 · At least 19 people have died in flooding in central Europe, as severe weather begins hitting Italy.
Social media mobilises Poles to battle floods in historic city
Sep 20, 2024 · The flooding, caused by torrential rains, has destroyed bridges, submerged cars and left towns across central Europe caked in mud and debris. Visiting Wroclaw on Thursday, Ursula von der Leyen,...