Heavy storm causes flooding in Polish capital

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Aug 7, 10, 05:22 #1

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A heavy storm has struck Poland and flooded homes, hospitals and roads and forced the closure of several subway stations in Warsaw.

The heavy rains Friday evening forced emergency officials to evacuate people caught in the floods. Among those evacuated were passengers of a bus that got stuck on a flooded highway in Warsaw.

Poland is still recovering from massive flooding in late spring that killed more than 20 people.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/news/20100807p2g00m0in008 000c.html

Could anyone here in Pf that lives in Warsaw confirm this and tell us what is going on!?!?!?

TechnikaThreads: 1 Posts: 30 Joined: Mar 1, 10 ♀	Aug 7, 10, 05:26 #2
My good friend and name-sake who is in Bemowo just logged off and never mentioned this but I'll text her and see what she says. Other wise I hope someone else can give you an answer. Cheers for the info.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Aug 7, 10, 12:01 #3
David_18: Could anyone here in Pf that lives in Warsaw confirm this and tell us what is going on!?!?!? there are some videos on the net. there are/were flash floods. not just in warsaw.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 12:20 #4
There are storms here too. I was playing football in one last night. No floods but there is potential for some.

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Aug 7, 10, 13:33 #5

I went out for a walk in this last night; I'll admit, it was absolutely tipping it down, and the sky was electric - never a space of more than 2 seconds without a lightning flash, so as a storm it was pretty intense.

Based on the way the water was overflowing from the gutters onto the pavement, and the way the manholes were doing this:

then I could believe that some underground stations got flooded, and plenty of cars' engines stopped working.

warszawskiThreads: 60 Posts: 2,388 Joined: May 21, 10 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 14:35 #6
David_18: Could anyone here in Pf that lives in Warsaw confirm this and tell us what is going on!?!?!? There was a very heavy storm last night and it brought the city to a standstill, I understand they had to evacuate Arkadia shopping mall. It lasted for about a hour. The only thing I have ever seen like it was in Asia in monsoon season. All is fine now and back to normal.

aphrodisiacThreads: 22 Posts: 3,998 Joined: Apr 15, 09 ♀	Edited by: aphrodisiac Aug 7, 10, 15:07 #7
my friend in Warsaw just reported that her basement has some water due to the storm.

sobieskiThreads: 82 Posts: 1,143 Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 16:32 #8
Drove yesterday from Rondo ONZ back home to Bielany and at times I was thinking I was driving / sailing through a waterfall. Rondo Babka was transformed in a lake.

ZedThreads: - Posts: 304 Joined: May 25, 10 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 16:40 #9
Much ado about nothing. Yes it was a very heavy downpour. By 10pm it was nice and pleasant again. Barely any trace of water in the morning. Sun shining all day today. Greetings from WAW

TechnikaThreads: 1 Posts: 30 Joined: Mar 1, 10 ♀	Aug 7, 10, 16:48 #10
Any phone lines out or anything? Can't get through on a landline number to my friend.

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Edited by: David_18 Aug 7, 10, 18:49 #11

Well 3-6 people died in the region...

Prague/Warsaw. Three persons died, while thousands have been evacuated from their homes, as a result of the floods in the Northern part of the Czech Republic and Southwest Poland, AFP reports. The flood blocked roads and cut the power supply in towns and villages.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n227542

Police said floods killed three people in the eastern German state of Saxony.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HENOH81.htm

TechnikaThreads: 1 Posts: 30 Joined: Mar 1, 10 ♀	Aug 7, 10, 22:08 #12
Well I spoke with my friend, she says her phone was down but she isn't sure if the storm caused it or just technical fault. Her neighbours were down too.

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