Strong winds, heavy rains hit parts of Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
21.05.2019 11:09
Firefighters were called out more than 700 times after strong winds and heavy rains hit parts of Poland at the start of this week, a spokesman has said.
Firefighters are called to deal with the aftermath of intense rainfall in the southeastern town of Tyczyn. Photo: PAP/Darek Delmanowicz
High winds and storms lashed the country’s southeastern regions as well as Pomorskie province in the north, Paweł Frątczak, a spokesman for the State Fire Service, said on Tuesday morning.
Firefighters were called to help pump water out of flooded basements and remove fallen trees from roads and railroad tracks, Frątczak told state news agency PAP.
Around 1,800 customers in four provinces were without electricity on Tuesday morning after storms disrupted power supplies, the PAP news agency reported, citing the Government Centre for Security (RCB).
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP