Local flooding is occurring in all municipalities of Bolesławiec County. Since yesterday, firefighters have intervened more than 100 times. The fire service is pumping water out of flooded basements and residential rooms. The main roads in the county are passable.
Heavy rainfall is causing water to run off the fields. The soil is so waterlogged that it can no longer absorb water. As a result, local flooding is also occurring in areas where there is no river. The situation is difficult in Kraśnik Dolny, where the Bobrzyca has flooded at least a dozen farms and local roads. Tomaszów Bolesławiecki is also at risk of flooding. A flood alert has been declared in Gmina Nowogrodziec.
Bóbr River – Alert Level
The river’s alert level was exceeded in our county early in the morning. At 12:00, the Bóbr level in Pilichowice was 155 cm (30 cm above the alert level), in Dąbrowa Bolesławiecka it was 313 cm (63 cm above the alert level), while in Żagań it remained below the alert level for the time being.
Where is there a threat?
In Bolesławiec County, the threat affects four municipalities (data from before 10:00):
- Warta Bolesławiecka (15 households in Tomaszów Bolesławiecki) – measures to protect properties with sandbags and pump water out of basements)
- Nowogrodziec (21 households in Milików, Nowogrodziec, Czerna, Zabłocie, Gościszów, Zebrzydowa and Gierałtów) – measures to protect properties with sandbags and pump out water; the water level in the Kwisa River at 5:00 was 444 cm and was slowly rising; 3,000 bags were distributed and 200 tonnes of sand were used
- Gmina Wiejska Bolesławiec (5 households in Kraśnik Dolny) – water remaining on properties and a threat caused by the rising level of the Bobrzyca River
- Osiecznica (2 households in Ołobok) – measures to protect properties with sandbags; 1,500 bags were distributed
Forecast
Rain is expected to continue. Meteorologists forecast that water levels in the Bóbr and Kwisa basins will rise by another 20 cm. The weather is expected to improve on Thursday.
Update 2010-09-29 12:30
A flood emergency alert is in effect in the county. Water is being pumped out of farms in Milików (Gmina Nowogrodziec), Tomaszów Bolesławiecki and Raciborowice (Gmina Warta Bolesławiecka). The flood situation is slowly stabilizing. There was no need to evacuate people in Bolesławiec County.
Alert levels on the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers continue to be exceeded. At 10:00, the water level in the Kwisa River in Nowogrodziec was 431 cm, with a downward trend. The water level in the Bóbr River in Dąbrowa Bolesławiecka at 10:00 was 376 cm, with an upward trend.
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