the storm Boris hit Central and Eastern Europe and Hungary suffered the worst damage from the storm RBC-Ukraine complies with details and consequences of the powerful floods in Europe in the report below The federal state of Lower Austria suffered the most from the storm One firefighter died during the operation to rescue citizens from the flood More than 25,000 emergency workers were involved in the relief effort The military used a Black Hawk helicopter to transport large bags of sand and gravel to strengthen weakened dams The situation was particularly critical on the Kamp River The entire territory of the settlement was flooded The community has set up emergency shelters said that it was an exceptional situation they had never faced before The situation in the capital Vienna is also tense The area surrounding Vienna has been declared a disaster zone with local authorities talking about an unprecedented extreme situation has turned into a swift torrent and flooded bike paths and streets The tracks of some subway routes are also flooded and two subway lines have been partially suspended Train traffic in Austria is also severely disrupted the Prime Minister of Lower Austria expressed hope that the decrease in precipitation on Monday evening should bring a little respite Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer also commented on the situation holding a meeting of the crisis headquarters over the weekend He wrote that the situation remained serious, particularly in Lower Austria, where it was extremely difficult. Thousands of firefighters and other emergency services were battling the floods and disaster relief forces were working in a very coordinated manner across all states who was traveling to the flooded areas in the southwest confirmed the death of one person and declared a state of natural disaster Tusk said that 1,600 people in the area had been evacuated He said a total of 17,000 people in the area are without power and part of the Starlink satellite connections are being used to maintain cell phone signals and internet connections the Mayor of Klodzko has already said that his city has lost the battle with the floods and the situation has become critical floods on the Biala River broke through dams and fortifications in the towns of Glukholazy and Ladek-Zdroj A helicopter was sent to Wroclaw to assist in rescue efforts Thousands of people had to be moved to safety and many residents had to be evacuated from their rooftops The authorities called in the army to help Train traffic between Poland and Czechia was suspended The Polish-Czech border crossing point Golkowice was closed on Saturday The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management reported that a dam broke in the Polish city of Wodzislaw Slaski The flow of water destroyed at least one house The Polish Defense Ministry stated that the military supporting the local population had been cut off from the land route back authorities said the local river had burst its banks and was flooding the town At the same time residents were offered sandbags to protect them from flooding with some regions receiving three months' worth of rainfall in just three days Evacuations from flooded settlements continue The worst situation is in two northeastern regions Houses in the Czech town of Jesenik are flooded as roads and railroad tracks are underwater Flooding in Czechia has led to evacuations where up to 10,000 people out of a population of approximately 56,000 were asked to move to higher ground a total of 260,000 households across the country were left without electricity Flood barriers have been raised in the capital Opava Mayor Tomáš Navrátil said that the situation was worse than during the last devastating flood in 1997 Prime Minister Petr Fiala said the worst was not over yet and called for a focus on saving lives his government will meet to assess the damage Czech President Petr Pavel was more optimistic saying that it was obvious that they had learned a lesson from the previous crisis The number of flood victims in Romania has risen to six in the Galati region in the southeast of the country and two more deaths were reported on Sunday is closed from all sides and the next wave of flooding is still expected more than 5,000 households in 12 towns have been affected the water has risen to a level of 1.7 meters Emergency workers are trying to rescue people by boat and a helicopter has been involved in the search operation Photo: the aftermath of the floods in Romania (facebook.com/igsu.situatiideurgenta) The bad weather in Galati County also led to contamination of the county's wells Romanian Minister of Health Alexandru Rafila explained to Digi24 that there is a risk of hepatitis A infection The Minister added that water from wells needed to be disinfected and tested by health authorities before being recommended for consumption He advised that it was better to use bottled water or water supplied by the authorities and emphasized the importance of storing this water in hygienic conditions after being received to prevent contamination Meanwhile, Romania's Environment Minister Mircea Fechet told the Associated Press that in some heavily flooded areas, more than 160 liters of rain per square meter fell halting transportation and flooding the Chisinau Opera and Ballet Theater The authorities declared yellow and orange levels of danger The General Inspectorate of Police of Moldova reported flooding of roads in Chisinau as well as in Cantemir and Leova districts 13 settlements were left without electricity The Chisinau City Hall warned over the weekend that several basements of private houses and apartment buildings had already been flooded They urged people not to go out on the streets It is reported that rescuers have been called out more than a hundred times to pump out water in the central and southern regions of Moldova, as well as to remove fallen trees The Slovak capital Bratislava also declared a state of emergency on Saturday The water level continues to rise on the Slovak section of the Danube According to the news agency, driving in the region is dangerous due to the extreme flooding, so several high schools in Bratislava have announced a break in work the flood alert level was raised in Budapest According to Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony the Hungarian capital is facing the biggest flood of the decade The lower embankments of the city will be closed from 8 p.m only vehicles involved in defense will be able to enter Margit Island on the Danube in Budapest According to the Hungarian Department of Water Management a record amount of water is flowing to the river island of Szigetkos On Monday morning, a flood defense task force headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met. As a result, he named three dangerous places: the island of Szigetkoz, a bend in the Danube and the Upper Palatinate are currently the most affected The water level is also rising in eastern Germany although the situation there is less critical the Elbe River in Dresden will reach alert level 3 (6 meters) an alert 2 was declared thereafter the water level For comparison, the normal water level in the Elbe at the Dresden level is about 2 meters, and during the flood of the century in 2002, it reached 9.40 meters at its peak offered European countries to send Security Service of Ukraine units to help flood victims Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha noted that Kyiv stands in solidarity with its neighbors who are suffering from the devastating floods Slovakia to send our State Emergency Service’s units to assist in mitigating the disaster,” the Minister writes on X Meanwhile this morning Ukrainian Railways announced changes in train traffic due to flooding in Central Europe the storm Boris brought a huge amount of precipitation to Central and Eastern Europe the rains will continue at least until the end of Monday The storm was so destructive for two reasons which mixes with moisture coming from the unusually warm waters of the Mediterranean and Black Seas a low-pressure area is moving very slowly over the same areas and the storm was sandwiched between high-pressure areas to the west and east The Czech Ministry of Environmental Protection said that storms like Boris occur once every 50 years Following the extreme flooding in 2021 in Europe the World Weather Prediction Network concluded that the likelihood and intensity of floods of this type in Europe are increasing due to rapid climate warming Start - News our representatives presented the offer of the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering during the 5th Knowledge Festival at the 1st High School in Wodzisław Śląski introduced the students to the topics of thermal imaging measurements and development trends in the energy industry Lecture by Prof Leif Rune Hellevik of NTNU Trondheim DTT employee wins second place in the international EU TalentON competition Kick-off meeting of the SET_HEAT European project The final of the national competition for the best master's thesis on the application of computational methods for thermal and flow processes simulations Start of cooperation with BorgWarner Poland company Visiting researchers at the Department of Thermal Technology Results of the competition for scholarships for students in the NCN project Michał Stebel winner of the FNP START 2023 award Student Scientific Circle of Thermal Technology - the Symposium Scholarship for students in ENTHRAL project Innovation Leader of the Silesian University of Technology Sympozjum Studenckiego Koła Naukowego Techniki Cieplnej Our Faculty at the Education Fair in Jaworzno Appreciated for attendance in Life project V Festival of Knowledge in Wodzisław Śląski ONLINE International Summer School CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ENERGY TRANSITION LEADERS VII Konferencja Techniczno-Naukowa ENERGAS 2023 Public defense of the Doctoral Dissertation of Damian Kurzydym Public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Michal Stebel ENTHRAL 2022 Summer School on vascular bioengineering Scientific Seminar of the Polish Institute of Combustion and the Combustion Section of the Committee on Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences email: rie6@polsl.pl https://www.polsl.pl/rie6/en +48 32 237 10 00 Excellence Initiative - Research University Promotion and Communication Centre E-Shop of the Silesian University of Technology Student Housing Estate Law Service Administration General information clause on the processing of personal data by the Silesian University of Technology The authors - the organizational units in which the information materials were produced, are fully responsible for the correctness, up-to-date and legal compliance with the provisions of the law. 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