Overall Green Flood alert in Poland from 04 Jun 2024 01:00 UTC to 06 Jun 2024 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Poland

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 1102666
Death:	0
Displaced:	-
Countries:	Poland
From - To	04 Jun - 06 Jun

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Southern Poland, Early June 2024Storms and heavy rain overnight 03 to 04 June 2024 caused damage and flooding in Lesser Poland, Silesian, Lublin and Subcarpathian Voivodeships in southern Poland. Particularly badly impacted were the city of Bielsko-Biala and areas of Bielsko and Cieszyn counties. Note: Storms impacted wide areas of the country from 01 to 04 June 2024, causing minor flooding. This is reported separately.Wed 5 Jun 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS

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