Boris Bad weather: In an emergency Poland from the deadly floods – Fortify cities with sandbags

With sacks full of sand the authorities are trying to “fortify” various of its cities which have been destroyed by the floods caused by Boris. In an alert state is now (17.09.2024) the city of Nisha, Poland, as hermetically water of rivers brought with it material causing enormous damage to cities, bridges, and homes. During the night, volunteers, rescuers, and military helicopters placed sandbags to strengthen the broken mounds around Nisha which has 400,000 inhabitants. Poland predicted 234m euros (1 billion zloty) for flood victims. In Turkey, after heavy rainfall that has been continuing intermittently for two days in Hopa, part of the road in the Yanmışköprü area collapsed. — Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) A total of 18 people have lost their lives in the flooding of the bad weather that has hit countries in central Europe, with the Czech Republic and Poland most affected. Floods in detail have caused the death of 7 people in Romania, where the waters retreated from the weekend, 4 in Poland, 4 in Austria and 3 in the Czech Republic. Rivers continue to overflow in the Czech Republic while the Danube River level in Slovakia and Hungary is increasing. Floods have also occurred in Austria. The historic Polish town of Wrocław, with 600,000 inhabitants, is preparing to increase the water level along the Oder River. The city’s zoo address requested volunteers to place sandbags to protect the area although animals remain safely away from flooded zones. Polish authorities filled 75% of a huge reservoir near the Czech border, so that the water level would fall and avoid flooding in Oder and Nisha. “More than 13,000 people have moved away from their homes,” said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fala while thousands of households both in the Czech Republic and Poland remain without electricity. In the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava, a broken dam in Oder, at its confluence with the Upava River, caused Monday flooding in the city’s industrial area. In Hungary, in the historic cities of Visegrad and Sentandre, north of Budapest, authorities have set up mobile dams preparing for flooding on the Danube. Budapest is preparing for the rising water level approaching record levels and has closed Margaret Island, a recreational area with hotels and restaurants, where tens of thousands of sandbags have been stacked to protect it.