VIDEOS. The impressive images of the damage after the passage of storm Boris which left at least 8 dead in Europe
|At least eight people lost their lives in Central Europe this weekend during Storm Boris.
Torrential rains, spectacular floods, evacuations by the thousands: storm Boris is wreaking havoc in central and eastern Europe, and its toll has risen to at least eight dead and several missing. Romania has paid the heaviest price, but all countries in the region have been hit hard, from Poland to Slovakia.
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To grasp the scale of the flooding in Poland, look at these images.
The first shows the dam and its surroundings about a month ago. The video captured the same dam last night, as it overflowed.#Flood#Flooding#PolandFloods#Boris#boris2024#poland… pic.twitter.com/vMhUhRTmKl
— LukaBlack (@14Lukasz02) September 15, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed in a message on X her “solidarity with all those affected by the devastating floods” and said that the EU was “ready to provide his support".
CATASTROPHE D'AMPLEUR : L'Europe centrale est en proie à des inondations d'une intensité exceptionnelle causées par la tempête #Boris.
Des communes entières sont submergées en République tchèque, en Autriche, en Pologne et en Roumanie. Des barrages débordent en Pologne où… pic.twitter.com/Xf8bmc5mrq— Infos Françaises (@InfosFrancaises) September 15, 2024
After the death of four people in Romania this Saturday, September 14, the toll rose this Sunday, September 15 with two other victims found dead and one missing in the south-east of the country, a person drowned in Poland and a firefighter died during an intervention in Austria. In addition, four people are missing in the Czech Republic.
Les catastrophes climatiques ravagent l'Europe ‼️
Après les fortes pluies qui ont englouti le sud de la Pologne, des inondations ont touché plusieurs villes de ce pays.
Le Premier ministre polonais Donald Tusk a annoncé une tournée dans la zone inondée.👇 pic.twitter.com/qCkH8Ro989
— ДАНИЭЛЬ КАЛОМБО (@Danielkalombo) September 15, 2024
The impressive images taken by AFP photographers show entire neighborhoods submerged, residents rescued with water up to their armpits in Romania, sand dikes to limit the rising waters. The storm caused massive power outages, disruptions to the transportation network and mass evacuations of residents everywhere.
🔴EUROPE 🌍| Le centre et l'Est de l'Europe connaissent des pluies torrentielles suivies d'inondations, de glissements de terrain et de coulées de boue meurtrières. La Roumanie 🇷🇴, la Pologne 🇵🇱, la République Tchèque 🇨🇿 sont particulièrement touchées : l'État d'urgence déclaré. pic.twitter.com/3n1LPz70se
— Nanana365 (@nanana365media) September 15, 2024
Water has “everything taken"
❗️ Je ne sais pas si l'on mesure bien l'ampleur des dévastations causées par la tempête #Boris sur une zone grande comme une demie-France en Europe centrale ⤵️
Les nombreuses images et les témoignages en Autriche, République tchèque, Pologne, Roumanie ou encore Slovaquie… pic.twitter.com/nkHKTr2KCx
— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) September 15, 2024
In Pechea, located in the Romanian province of Galati, Sofia Basalic, 60, lost everything in the waves.“The water came into the house, it tore down the walls, everything. It took the chickens, the rabbits. It took the stove, the washing machine, the refrigerator, I have nothing left,” she told AFP. In the Czech town of Opava or in Vienna, Austria, onlookers gathered to watch the rivers rise.
Aerial Views of Galați Flooding – September 14, 2024
This aerial footage from a helicopter captures the extensive flooding in Galați following heavy rainfall:
Water Everywhere: Vast areas are submerged, with houses partially underwater, showcasing the flood's severity.
Damage… pic.twitter.com/ZuCaB9j724
— Andrei Meicu (@m3ico) September 15, 2024
“For many residents, these hours will remain the worst of their lives,” said Johanna Mikl-Leitner, governor of Lower Austria (northeast), who has asked for help from the army
Landhausschiff statt Landhaus.
Dort werden wir bei Katastrophenhilfe hoffentlich zusammenarbeiten.
Und ich werde noch mehr auf Klimamaßnahmen drängen.
Klimaleugnung ist nicht mehr zu tolerieren.
NiederösterreicherInnen verdienen Hilfe, Schutz und Weitblick aus dem Landhaus. pic.twitter.com/7iLhnW1jY7— Helga Krismer (@HelgaKrismer) September 15, 2024
In the Polish town of Glucholazy, on the Polish-Czech border, the flooded river overflowed the dikes and damaged a bridge, flooding the town centre and neighbouring neighbourhoods. “We're sinking”, the mayor called on residents to leave the threatened areas, while the basements of the town's hospital were under water. water.
🌊Heavy rains and floods hit Central and Eastern Europe, causing heavy damage and casualties.
In Romania, storms and floods have claimed four lives.
Flooding has begun in Poland, with around 400 people evacuated. Wroclaw is expected to be one of the worst affected cities.
In… pic.twitter.com/4PMlAI0lBl
— Uncensored News (@uncensorednews9) September 16, 2024
Among those who have sought refuge in a school, Marek Pogoda, 48, is relieved to be safe. “Against wind and rain, man cannot prevail. Fire, in the limit, can be extinguished. The most important thing is that we are alive, the rest does not matter,” he said.
Tak wyglądały Głuchołazy ok. godz. 16.00 po przejściu fali powodziowej – ul. Andersa od źródełka w górę. Fot. Robert Jamróz #głuchołazy #powódź #powódź2024 pic.twitter.com/Q4UvU4TuVy
— Opolska (@TygodnikOpolska) September 15, 2024
With the support of the army and helicopters, firefighters have rescued thousands of people in distress and operations continue on both sides of the border. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on the population to “not refuse” to be evacuated. He also said he had received a "moving" offer of help from Ukraine, which, despite the war on its soil, proposed on Sunday sending a hundred rescuers.
There is a flood in the lower part of Poland, comparable to that of 1997. called the flood of the century. The city of Głuchołazy is mostly underwater. In many regions the situation is tragic.#powódź #głuchołazy #Flood #powodź2024 #PolandFloods pic.twitter.com/pO1X0znIbP
— 🌐 Short Reports 🌐 (@ShortReportOnX) September 15, 2024
Vienna Metro partially closed
Autriche 🇦🇹 : Fortes intempéries à Vienne pic.twitter.com/upCPU4PG2f
— LesNews (@LesNews) September 15, 2024
Events have been cancelled everywhere, including football matches, and transport has been severely affected. Rail traffic between Poland and the Czech Republic has been cut off, as have some connections in Austria.
L'#Europe est sous les eaux – la tempête « #Boris » a frappé l'Autriche, la République tchèque, la Pologne, la Roumanie, la Slovaquie et la Hongrie.
Selon les premières estimations, sept personnes sont mortes. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/jth8nrH64Z
— JmyLss ن (@JmyLss) September 16, 2024
Four lines of the Vienna metro, where six people were injured by falling branches or trees, have been partially closed, with the network threatened by the Wien River and the Danube Canal running through the capital. A motorway was also closed at the entrance to the city. The region of the country worst hit by the storm, Lower Austria, has been classified as a natural disaster zone. With 1.72 million inhabitants, it is the most populous city in the country after Vienna.
Unfortunately, some of the old hydraulic structures are not holding up.
This is Stronie Śląskie, Lower Silesia. An absolute nightmare. pic.twitter.com/76ixk7mJit— Agata Tumiłowicz-Mazur (@aga_tumilowicz) September 15, 2024
Almost 5,000 interventions took place overnight in Lower Austria, where residents are still trapped. In some places, it fell four times more than in a normal September. The zoo in the Slovak capital has had to move some animals to safe locations, according to an official at the facility.
Flood in Bratislava, Slovakia pic.twitter.com/kJStpvNPcx
— World of X (@JaNe6X) September 16, 2024
Flooding from heavy rains is expected to increase in central and western Europe as the world faces an average of 1.5 °C of warming, IPCC climate experts said in a 2022 report.