The mayor of the southern Polish town of Nysia, Kordian Kolbiarz, today ordered all residents to leave due to the imminent danger of a nearby reservoir overflowing.
Several areas of Poland are experiencing difficulties caused by a storm, which has already claimed four lives.
Kolbiarz, who spent Monday night working with 2,000 inhabitants to repair dykes with sandbags, told local radio that it was “the most important night in the history” of the town.
This morning, several breaches were detected in the barriers set up by the emergency services and residents to try to contain the torrent of water from the river, so the assistance of military transport helicopters was requested to drop sand at the most dangerous points.
More than 100 military personnel and dozens of firefighters are working side by side with the town's inhabitants, carrying sandbags “from hand to hand” to build a wall blocking the 250-meter embankment that connects the town's main avenue with the Kosciuszko bridge, under which the Nysa Klodzka river passes.
The situation is even more dangerous due to the proximity of a reservoir that threatens to overflow.
On Monday, the government declared a state of disaster, which will continue until October 16, in the municipality of Nysa.
The city of Breslavia (west) is bracing itself for the flooding of the River Oder which, according to experts, will reach its peak on Friday.
The local authorities have warned the people of the Breslavia suburb to be prepared for a possible evacuation and 600 soldiers are already working on building retaining walls for which they have received 1,100 tons of sand.
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