2024-09-14 16:21 update: 2024-09-16, 14:38
Photo PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
The next 24-36 hours will be crucial for southern regions of Poland experiencing record downpours, the interior minister has reported.
The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) reported on Saturday that the alarm condition of the water level was exceeded at 41 hydrological stations and the warning condition at 30 stations.
Tomasz Siemoniak attended a crisis management team meeting in Nysa, southwestern Poland, on Saturday morning to monitor the situation in the regions under flood warnings.
"The Opolskie and Dolnosląskie provinces are in the first line of danger," he said.
"We are analysing the information from the Czech Republic, and it is not good. We are diligently analysing what is happening in terms of rainfall and water levels on the Czech side," the minister said.
"These data are not good, to put it mildly... The information from IMGW shows that the next 24-36 hours will be particularly difficult."
Siemoniak said that the services would regularly report on the threats. He also appealed to people to have confidence in the services and to comply with evacuation decisions. (PAP)
aj/mf
