The peak wave on the Oder, caused by heavy rainfall caused by the passage of the Boris Genoa low over Poland, is currently passing over the Lubusz Province.
Floods in Poland: Nowa Sól awaits peak wave, local crisis headquarters in Zielona Góra
The water level, according to the IMWM announcement, has increased at the water measuring stations in Głogów, Nowa Sól and Ścigacice. In the morning in Nowa Sól the water level was 642 cm with an alarm level of 450 cm. On Sunday, the mayor of Nowa Sól, Beata Kulczycka, in an interview with “Życie Regionów” said that she expected the level to reach 750 cm during the night from Sunday to Monday.
OK. north, Mariusz Stokłosa, the starosta of the Nowa Sól district, wrote that the water level in the Oder in the district was several centimeters lower than the IMWM forecast. “Officers of the State Fire Service, Police, Volunteer Firefighters, Polish Army, WOT, Fishery Guard, WOPR and citizen patrols are monitoring the condition of the embankments and eliminating threats on an ongoing basis,” he assured.
