Flood chaos: Evacuations after Dammbruch in Southwest Poland!

Flood chaos: Evacuations after Dammbruch in Southwest Poland!

After extreme rains, a dam in southwestern Poland is under considerable pressure. In the Miedzygorze region, near the Czech border, the situation is already critical because the dam of the Wilczka stream threatens to run over and the local authorities sound alarm.

The Lower Silesian community bybryca Klodzka has announced that despite pumping measures, the dam has reached its maximum. "The water inlet is huge," said the community via the social network X. As a result of these worrying developments, the residents of the lower settlements had to be evacuated, as the regional water management authority in Breslau said.

Details on the dam

The dam, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century, measures 29 meters in height and has a high -water memory pool with a volume of almost one million cubic meters. Historically, this dam had already been affected by similar problems: In the floods in 1997, he also could not keep the enormous masses of water that led to disasters in the region.

The violent rain of the past few days has dramatically tightened the situation. Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited the region to get an idea of ​​the situation. The measures to evacuate the residents are already in full swing. These circumstances are of great importance, since they not only affect the safety of the population, but also the long -term stability of the regional infrastructure in an area that has already been susceptible to natural events.

How to proceed remains to be seen. The concerns of the community and the residents are now in the protection of life and the owner of their houses. A comprehensive overview of the current situation can be found in a detailed report on www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de .