THE storm boris is at the origin of the most severe torrential rains in the last decade in Central Europe with historic floods of rivers such as the Elbe or the Danube, leaving at least 13 dead, several missing and thousands of people evacuated Romania, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic.
The floods are very serious Romania, where six people died in the eastern county of Galati. Several towns have been affected and dozens of people have had to be evacuated.
“It’s a total disaster“I don’t know what we will do after cleaning people’s houses, because they can’t live there anymore,” he lamented from the Romanian town of Slobozia Conachi. Emile Dragomir.
More than 15,000 people have been affected by the severe storm, dozens of roads have been closed and special measures have been deployed to rescue those stranded.
BREAKING: Massive floods hit Galați, western Moldova and eastern Romania 🇷🇴 due to extreme rainfall!
(14.09.2024) Widespread damage and displacement reported.
#RomaniaFloods #Galați pic.twitter.com/077cFBQXjt
– Facts Prime (@factsprime35) September 14, 2024
Poland
Very complicated situation also in Poland, Or three people died due to flooding in the south. Since Friday evening, the rain and wind storm that has been hitting the south of the country has caused communication cuts, isolated some populations and caused the evacuation of several thousand inhabitants from the regions of Silesia, Opole and Lesser Poland.
#ClimateActionNow #Poland: A bridge has collapsed in Glucholazy, near the Czech border, as heavy rains triggered some of the worst flooding in history.
– ODD2030 (@ODD2030) September 16, 2024
Currently, the situation remains serious in the districts of Kłodzko, Ząbkowice, Wałbrzych and Kamienna Góra (south), where more than 3,000 people have been evacuated by amphibious means and helicopters.
In addition, Pilchowice Dam About to Overflow and at the moment the evacuation of nearby towns, such as Lwówek Śląski, is underway, while fire control posts and emergency services are erecting barriers with sandbags and trying to secure the Kamienna Góra bridge.
Massive flooding in the street after a dam burst in Stronie Śląskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland 🇵🇱 (15.09.2024)
Video: Grzegorz Tokarczyk pic.twitter.com/VJBqipsd9I
– Neeraj (writer/YouthMindset4Peace) #ActOnClimate (@Neeraj10z) September 16, 2024
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened a Council of Ministers with emergency to delimit the scope of the disaster area declaration.
Austria and Czech Republic
Three people died Austria due to heavy flooding. Masses of water broke through 12 dams in Lower Austria, while 12,000 homes are without electricity and in 23 localities there is no drinking water.
In the Czech Republic One person drowned in the Krasovka River in the northwest as a result of intense flooding. The scale of the disaster is comparable to that of 1997, when 50 people died.
