2010 Central European floods

none Gliwice Kaszubska 18 05 2010 P5180220.JPG Floods in Gliwice, Poland 2010 Central European floods May–June 201037 The 2010 Central European floods were a devastating series of weather events which occurred across several Central European countries during May and June 2010. Poland was the worst affected. Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia were also affected. Across all six countries, at least thirty-seven people died in the floods and approximately 23,000 people were evacuated. The city of Kraków declared a state of emergency. The floods forced the closure and relocation of items from the Auschwitz concentration camp museum. On 20 May, aid began arriving to Poland from several European Union countries. Poland In Poland, the floods caused the deaths of at least 25 people, the evacuation of approximately 23,000 people, and an estimated economic cost of 2.5 billion euros.http://www.euronews.net/2010/05/21/polish-flood-death-toll-rises-to-nine/ Polish flood death toll rises to nine 21 May 2010 euronews 21 May 2010 Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk informed the Sejm that ongoing flooding was "the worst natural disaster in the nation's history ... without precedent in the past 160 years".http://www.thenews.pl/national/artykul132062_pm---flood-polands-worst-natural-disaster.html PM – flood Poland's worst natural disaster 21 May 2010 21 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100524161730/http://www.thenews.pl/national/artykul132062_pm---flood-polands-worst-natural-disaster.html 24 May 2010 live http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0521/poland.html Flood waters reach Warsaw 21 May 2010 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 21 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527072721/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0521/poland.html 27 May 2010 live Two months' worth of rain poured down over a 24‑hour period. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was closedhttps://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jh3uup1KQ6bGyiMvhW4F0VH6sfXwD9FP92PG0 Floods worsen in central Europe, Auschwitz closed Gera Vanessa 17 May 2010 Associated Press 21 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100521235235/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jh3uup1KQ6bGyiMvhW4F0VH6sfXwD9FP92PG0 21 May 2010 dead and important artifacts were moved to higher ground as floodwaters approached. The city of Kraków announced a state of emergency. Due to the high level of the Vistula river, Kraków's Dębnicki bridge, located in the center of the city, and the Nowohucki bridge were closed on 18 May. http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,481427_Fala_kulminacyjna__w_Krakowie.html Wisła zalewa Kraków - miasto sparaliżowane 18 May 2010 Polish 22 May 2010 8 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150608161051/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,481427_Fala_kulminacyjna__w_Krakowie.html dead The flooding lasted for a number of days, and escalated on 20 May when the Vistula River broke its banks. In the town of Sandomierz, residents were stranded in their homes while power outages affected telecommunication.https://blogs.wsj.com/new-europe/2010/05/20/flood-in-poland-turns-towns-into-lakes-as-it-heads-north/ Poland Floods Turn Towns Into Lakes Strzelecki Marek 20 May 2010 The Wall Street Journal 21 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523002825/https://blogs.wsj.com/new-europe/2010/05/20/flood-in-poland-turns-towns-into-lakes-as-it-heads-north/ 23 May 2010 live The 2010 flooding was considered more severe than the last major flood, in 1997. Wrocław, where the level of the Oder river on 22 May reached 665 cm in Trestno, declared a flood alert.http://www.wroclaw.pl/m3375/p134409.aspx Sytuacja w mieście Polish 22 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100522043251/http://www.wroclaw.pl/m3375/p134409.aspx 22 May 2010 live The Kozanów district of Wrocław was flooded after a temporary sandbag wall was breached.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174139,11,runal_wal_we_wroclawiu_natura_okazala_sie_silniejsza,item.html Runął wał we Wrocławiu; "natura okazała się silniejsza" 22 May 2010 Polish 22 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100525121025/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174139%2C11%2Crunal_wal_we_wroclawiu_natura_okazala_sie_silniejsza%2Citem.html 25 May 2010 dead thumb|left|Wrocław's flooded Kozanów district thumb|right| Vistula broads in Strzyżawa - The riverbed is located approximately 500m from the edge of the forest on the left side thumb|right|Flood in Opole On Sunday 23 May the Wisła river broke a retaining wall and flooded Świniary near Płock, and nearby villages, including Szady, Wiączemin Polski, Nowy Wiączemin and Nowosiodło. Reports stated that 22 villages in the Płock area had sustained flooding or were under imminent threat. Around 4,000 people and 5,000 animals were evacuated.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174325,11,przerwany_wal_pod_plockiem_ewakuacja_smiglowce_w_akcji,item.html Przerwany wał pod Płockiem. Ewakuacja; śmigłowce w akcji 23 May 2010 Polish 23 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526021711/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174325%2C11%2Cprzerwany_wal_pod_plockiem_ewakuacja_smiglowce_w_akcji%2Citem.html 26 May 2010 dead http://polskalokalna.pl/raport/poludnie-polski-walczy-z-woda/news/woda-przerwala-wal-ludzie-musza-uciekac,1482548 Sytuacja jest poważna. Ewakuacja 4 tys. osób 23 May 2010 Polish 23 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100525030304/http://polskalokalna.pl/raport/poludnie-polski-walczy-z-woda/news/woda-przerwala-wal-ludzie-musza-uciekac%2C1482548 25 May 2010 dead In Płock, Gmury street was submerged. In the Lublin Voivodeship, 800 people had to be evacuated after the river Chodelka flooded in the Gmina Wilków.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174295,11,przerwany_wal_pod_plockiem_dramatyczna_sytuacja,item.html Przerwany wał pod Płockiem; "dramatyczna sytuacja" 23 May 2010 Polish 23 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526021611/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174295%2C11%2Cprzerwany_wal_pod_plockiem_dramatyczna_sytuacja%2Citem.html 26 May 2010 dead On 23 May, it was reported that 23 villages were already flooded with 4–5 meters of water and the situation continued to worsen.http://polskalokalna.pl/raport/poludnie-polski-walczy-z-woda/news/90-proc-gminy-pod-woda-zalalo-23-wioski,1482537 Lubelszczyzna walczy o utrzymanie wałów 23 May 2010 Polish 23 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526113414/http://polskalokalna.pl/raport/poludnie-polski-walczy-z-woda/news/90-proc-gminy-pod-woda-zalalo-23-wioski%2C1482537 26 May 2010 dead During the May floods, at least 6,200 households in the Małopolska region alone were fully or partially flooded and 12,000 people were affected by it. Numerous other places in Poland were flooded too. In the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, another flood alert was announced on 2 June in relation to Kraków, Tarnów, the counties of Bochnia, Brzesko, Dąbrowa, and Sucha, and eight gminas. Twelve rivers exceeded the alarm level in 14 places and eleven rivers exceeded warning levels in 21 places. On 4 June the railway bridge between Nowy Sącz and Stary Sącz was broken by the river Poprad. At least three people fell from the bridge into the rushing waters. According to some reports their fate is still unknown while other say they managed to save themselves.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2681,2180398,rwaca_rzeka_zerwala_most,wydarzenie_lokalne.html Rwąca rzeka zerwała most 4 June 2010 Polish 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100608075531/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2681%2C2180398%2Crwaca_rzeka_zerwala_most%2Cwydarzenie_lokalne.html 8 June 2010 dead http://polskalokalna.pl/wiadomosci/malopolskie/news/woda-zniszczyla-most-kolejowy-na-popradzie,1488470,3286 Woda zniszczyła most kolejowy na Popradzie 4 June 2010 Polish 5 June 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110824225851/http://polskalokalna.pl/wiadomosci/malopolskie/news/woda-zniszczyla-most-kolejowy-na-popradzie%2C1488470%2C3286 24 August 2011 The Poprad river also flooded the town of Muszyna. On 5 June the Vistula flooded the Gmina Szczucin and around 3,000 people had to be evacuated.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2180495,11,slupiec_przerwany_wal_ewakuacja_idzie_opornie,item.html Słupiec: Przerwany wał. "Oporna ewakuacja" 5 June 2010 Polish 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100608065533/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2180495%2C11%2Cslupiec_przerwany_wal_ewakuacja_idzie_opornie%2Citem.html 8 June 2010 dead http://polskalokalna.pl/raport/poludnie-polski-walczy-z-woda/news/blyskawiczna-ewakuacja-trzech-tysiecy-osob,1488506 Wisła przerwała wał w Słupcu 5 June 2010 Polish 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100608125108/http://polskalokalna.pl/raport/poludnie-polski-walczy-z-woda/news/blyskawiczna-ewakuacja-trzech-tysiecy-osob%2C1488506 8 June 2010 dead In the Silesian Voivodeship, flood alerts were again issued in the Bielsko, Bieruń-Lędziny, Cieszyn, Gliwice, Pszczyna, Racibórz, Wodzisław and Żywiec counties, and in the cities of Bielsko-Biała, Gliwice and Zabrze. In the Lublin Voivodeship, river-side gminas announced flood alerts. In the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, the river Ropa flooded the town of Jasło on 5 June.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2180373,11,woda_wdarla_sie_do_jasla_zniszczenia_sa_potezne,item.html Woda wdarła się do Jasła; "zniszczenia są potężne" 4 June 2010 Polish 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100608100240/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2180373%2C11%2Cwoda_wdarla_sie_do_jasla_zniszczenia_sa_potezne%2Citem.html 8 June 2010 dead From 3 June, the Trześniówka river flooded the part of the city of Sandomierz (located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) which lies on the right side of the Vistula, and which was already flooded in May. The city was also threatened by the Vistula river which reached 770 cm, over 100 cm past the alarm level., in Polish, Retrieved 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721052247/http://www.sandomierz.pl/index.php/pl/aktualnosci/go%3Ap/art759.html 21 July 2011http://www.tvn24.pl/-1,1659370,0,1,szanse-sa-5050-sandomierz-zagrozony-z-dwoch-stron,wiadomosc.html Woda przerwała wał 5 June 2010 Onet Polish 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100608124457/http://www.tvn24.pl/-1%2C1659370%2C0%2C1%2Cszanse-sa-5050-sandomierz-zagrozony-z-dwoch-stron%2Cwiadomosc.html 8 June 2010 live Czech Republic In the Czech Republic, the heaviest rain in the region for eight years was reported. A state of emergency was declared in a total of 302 municipalities across the Zlín Region and Moravian-Silesian Region.http://m.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/povodne/dest-ustal-hladiny-rek-zvolna-klesaji_169466.html Déšť ustal, hladiny řek zvolna klesají Czech Rain has stopped, river levels slowly decreasing Tyden.cz 19 May 2010 6 June 2013 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224755/http://m.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/povodne/dest-ustal-hladiny-rek-zvolna-klesaji_169466.html live One death was reported, due to drowning. The president of the Czech Republic had to be evacuated to Ústí nad Labem. Hungary In Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Northern Hungary eighteen towns and villages were cut from the outside world by the flood of the rivers Sajó, Hernád and Bódva. More than 480 people had to leave their homes.http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100602-arviz-elzart-telepulesek.html Tizennyolc települést zár el a víz az országban 2 June 2010 origo.hu Hungarian 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100605180817/http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100602-arviz-elzart-telepulesek.html 5 June 2010 live In Miskolc the Szinva flooded the Diósgyőr district of the city during what was described by locals as "the biggest flood since 1975".http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100517-arviz-atszakadt-gat-elarasztott-panelhazak-miskolcon-videoriport.html "Ott fönt átszakadt valami" - videoriport Miskolc elárasztott panelházaiból 17 May 2010 origo.hu Hungarian 5 June 2010 10 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100610063721/http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100517-arviz-atszakadt-gat-elarasztott-panelhazak-miskolcon-videoriport.html live Several roads became unusable; the border checkpoint of Sátoraljaújhely/Slovenské Nové Mesto was closed on June 1.http://hvg.hu/itthon/20100602_satoraljaujhely_arviz Lezárták a sátoraljaújhelyi határátkelőt az árvíz miatt 2 June 2010 hvg.hu Hungarian 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100606034850/http://hvg.hu/itthon/20100602_satoraljaujhely_arviz 6 June 2010 live In Pásztó (Nógrád county), a local reservoir threatened to overflow; the earthen dam was strengthened by sandbags. 2,000 people had to leave their homes. Houses would be under 4m of water within seven minutes of the collapse of the dam.http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100602-ujabb-felhoszakadastol-tarthatnak-a-pasztoiak.html "Hét perc alatt éri el a házakat a négyméteres víz" - riport a vízzel fenyegetett Pásztóról 2 June 2010 origo.hu Hungarian 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100605180307/http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100602-ujabb-felhoszakadastol-tarthatnak-a-pasztoiak.html 5 June 2010 live A short part of Motorway M1 collapsed near Győr.http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100520-arviz-megbenultak-a-tereloutak-az-m1-lezarasa-miatt.html Megbénultak a terelőutak az M1 lezárása miatt 20 May 2010 origo.hu Hungarian 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523152617/http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100520-arviz-megbenultak-a-tereloutak-az-m1-lezarasa-miatt.html 23 May 2010 live Fatalities On 17 May, the death toll reached five people.Day, Matthew https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/7734010/Five-killed-and-thousands-evacuated-as-floods-hit-central-Europe.html Five killed and thousands evacuated as floods hit central Europe 17 May 2010 The Daily Telegraph 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100520063554/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/7734010/Five-killed-and-thousands-evacuated-as-floods-hit-central-Europe.html 20 May 2010 live Four of these were in Poland and included a fireman. The fifth was in the Czech Republic. On 21 May, the death toll in Poland had reached at least nine people with the whereabouts of three others being unknown.http://www.euronews.net/2010/05/21/polish-flood-death-toll-rises-to-nine/ Polish flood death toll rises to nine 21 May 2010 euronews 21 May 2010 23 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523031032/http://www.euronews.net/2010/05/21/polish-flood-death-toll-rises-to-nine/ live On 24 May there were 15 confirmed dead in Poland.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174624,11,juz_15_ofiar_smiertelnych_powodzi,item.html Już 15 ofiar śmiertelnych powodzi 24 May 2010 Polish 24 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527082528/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2174624%2C11%2Cjuz_15_ofiar_smiertelnych_powodzi%2Citem.html 27 May 2010 dead The flood claimed several casualties in Hungary too: a man, whose house collapsed on him, died in Miskolc,http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100516-veszhelyzetet-rendeltek-el-miskolcon.html Vészhelyzetet rendeltek el Miskolcon 16 May 2010 Hungarian origo.hu 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100602193208/http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100516-veszhelyzetet-rendeltek-el-miskolcon.html 2 June 2010 live while a woman died and two other persons suffered injuries in a car crash in Fejér county, where a car slipped on the flooded road; also in Fejér county a tree fell during the heavy rain, hitting a man who suffered life-threatening injuries.http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100516-a-viharos-ido-miatt-nem-jarnak-a-vonatok-a-balaton.html Hirtelen áradások követik a halálos vihart 17 May 2010 Hungarian origo.hu 5 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100604022551/http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100516-a-viharos-ido-miatt-nem-jarnak-a-vonatok-a-balaton.html 4 June 2010 live CountryDeathsPoland25http://www.rmf24.pl/raport-polskapodwoda/fakty/news-znaleziono-cialo-22-ofiary-powodzi,nId,281067 Znaleziono ciało 22. ofiary powodzi 31 May 2010 31 May 2010 Polish https://web.archive.org/web/20100603213819/http://www.rmf24.pl/raport-polskapodwoda/fakty/news-znaleziono-cialo-22-ofiary-powodzi%2CnId%2C281067 3 June 2010 dead http://www.wprost.pl/ar/197640/Osma-ofiara-powodzi-w-Malopolsce/ 5 June 2010 10 June 2010 Ósma ofiara powodzi w Małopolsce 6 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110806080923/http://www.wprost.pl/ar/197640/Osma-ofiara-powodzi-w-Malopolsce/ liveAustria3Information from German WikipediaSerbia2http://pogoda.money.pl/wiadomosci/artykul/smiertelne;ofiary;powodzi;w;serbii,221,0,621021.html https://archive.today/20120715023211/http://pogoda.money.pl/wiadomosci/artykul/smiertelne;ofiary;powodzi;w;serbii,221,0,621021.html dead 15 July 2012 Śmiertelne ofiary powodzi w Serbii money.pl 22 May 2010 17 May 2010 PolishHungary2http://stooq.pl/n/?f=328814&c=2&p=0 Węgry: Katastrofalna powódź na Węgrzech IAR 22 May 2010 17 May 2010 Polish 25 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111225020519/http://stooq.pl/n/?f=328814&c=2&p=0 liveSlovakia1http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1356%208311%209271%20120476%201025707%201025895%201025893%201023303,title,Co-najmniej-jedna-ofiara-smiertelna-powodzi-na-Slowacji,wid,12277848,wiadomosc.html Co najmniej jedna ofiara śmiertelna powodzi na Słowacji wp.pl 22 May 2010 18 May 2010 Polish https://web.archive.org/web/20100606002248/http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat%2C1356%208311%209271%20120476%201025707%201025895%201025893%201023303%2Ctitle%2CCo-najmniej-jedna-ofiara-smiertelna-powodzi-na-Slowacji%2Cwid%2C12277848%2Cwiadomosc.html 6 June 2010 dead +2http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1356,title,Trzy-ofiary-powodzi-na-Slowacji-i-w-Czechach,wid,12333511,wiadomosc.html https://archive.today/20130114060134/http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1356,title,Trzy-ofiary-powodzi-na-Slowacji-i-w-Czechach,wid,12333511,wiadomosc.html dead 14 January 2013 Trzy ofiary powodzi na Słowacji i w Czechach WP.pl 3 June 2010 Polish Czech Republic1http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80708,7891227,Poziom_wod_w_rzekach_rosnie__sa_ofiary_w_ludziach.html Poziom wód w rzekach rośnie, są ofiary w ludziach i gigantyczne zniszczenia gazeta.pl 22 May 2010 17 May 2010 Polish https://web.archive.org/web/20100523215419/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1%2C80708%2C7891227%2CPoziom_wod_w_rzekach_rosnie__sa_ofiary_w_ludziach.html 2010-05-23 dead +1Total37 Recovery Poland asked for assistance from other European Union nations. France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia arrived on 20 May, as well as the Czech Republic, despite that country being affected by the floods too. On 25 May 2010, Poland received help also from Russia (including 18 high-power pumps, 34 boats and 5 mobile power stations).http://www.rp.pl/artykul/482396,485132.html Rosja przysłała pompy, łodzie i mobilne elektrownie Justyna Prus 2010-05-26 10 June 2010 Polish 2012-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331175525/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/482396,485132.html dead Gallery Flood in Warsaw.jpg 1400px Vistula in Warsaw Vistula in Warsaw from Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge, May 21 Wrocław,_Poland,_Odra_River_21-05-2010.jpg 1400px Oder in Wrocław Oder in Wrocław, May 21 See also 2010 Romanian floods 2010 Slovenia floods 2010 Var floods European floods: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009 European Flood Alert System Floods directive Global storm activity of early 2010 References 2 External links 50.294492 N 18.67138 E title Central European Category:Genoa lows Category:Floods in Poland Category:May 2010 in Europe Category:June 2010 in Europe