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 1102902
Death: 0
Displaced: 500
Countries: Poland
From - To 13 Sep - 15 Sep

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Storm Boris, Poland, September 2024Heavy rain from Storm Boris caused flooding in areas of Poland from 13 September 2024. On 14 September residents living near rivers in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, evacuated their homes. Streets in the cities of Krakow and Katowice were flooded.Sat 14 Sep 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Storm “Boris” Leaves 23 Dead from Flooding in Central and Eastern Euro.. 9/18/2024 9:18:00 PM.

Storm Boris, which is hitting Central and Eastern Europe, has left 23 flood deaths in Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic. RELATED: Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak lamented on national television the loss of seven confirmed liv
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Polish army in race to beat rising floodwater as country declares a di.. 9/18/2024 7:55:00 PM.

In the Polish town of Zagan, there''s no time to lose. Leaks have appeared in one of the flood walls so now the army is rushing to plug them. A line of soldiers passes sandbags to each other until they reach the damaged area and are thrown
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Energy company assesses losses after floods 9/18/2024 7:55:00 PM.

Tauron Dystrybucja, a company belonging to the Tauron Polska Energia group, is the operator of the distribution network in the southern part of the country, and it was in its territory that this year''s flooding occurred. It has 6 million c
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),