Floodwaters submerged a residential neighbourhood in the southwestern Polish city of Wroclaw on Saturday after a dike failed, the TVN24 television station reported.
A dike on the Sleza river, a tributary to the Oder, broke as the floodwaters crested through the city of 630,000 inhabitants, flooding the Kozanow neighbourhood.
In the capital Warsaw, authorities appealed to residents in low-lying areas near the Vistula River to be ready to evacuate if necessary. The river has reached 7.8 metres (25 feet seven inches), a level not seen in 60 years.
With the waters not expected to begin dropping before Tuesday, authorities are worried waterlogged dikes on the Vistula may not hold.
Source: Polish city flooded after dike breaks – France24
Date: 22 May 2010
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