Around 30,000 people in Poland's south cut off from electricity after severe storms

Published connected 07/06/2025 - 6:10 GMT+2•Updated 7:01

Authorities successful Poland opportunity astir 30,000 group were near pinch nary energy connected Friday aft beardown winds collapsed trees and tore down powerfulness lines.

It follows utmost upwind events crossed nan country, peculiarly successful nan confederate region, wherever dense rain, beardown winds, and hailstorms caused harm to facades of residential and workplace buildings.

The occurrence brigade's work said their men person been moving to woody pinch nan effect since Thursday evening.

Spokesman for nan State Fire Service successful Kielce, firefighters had much interventions than usual.

"We person routinely had more than 2,000 interventions crossed nan country, and on the territory of nan Świętokrzyskie, these interventions were much than 200", said Senior Capt. Marcin Bajur.

Most of nan incidents reported were successful Lesser Poland, Silesia and Lublin Voivodeships successful Poland's confederate region.

Local officials crossed nan cities said nan large wind flooded properties, basements and depressions successful nan ground, causing fallen trees to artifact roads and harm infrastructure.

Marek Jamborski, Mayor of nan Municipality of kocmyrzów-luborzyca successful Lesser Poland Voivodeship, said nan large wind near extended harm successful nan region.

"We person very extended damage. And it affects municipal buildings, and successful private houses, and successful roads, broken trees, and flooding. So nan activity to do is very, very overmuch astatine nan moment".

In Poland, astir 10% of nan organization lives successful flood-prone areas, and scientists person warned that ambiance alteration could summation nan flooding risks of residential buildings by up to sevenfold. 

At slightest 9 group died from monolithic floods successful southwest Poland past September, according to nan Polish police.

On Friday, nan Institute of Meteorology and Water Management issued first-degree large wind warnings for astir of nan country, including nan southbound of Lower Silesia, owed to beardown winds. It warned storms pinch hail whitethorn occur, pinch upwind gusts reaching 85 km/h.

The country's upwind authority besides issued a second-degree informing for portion of nan Subcarpathian Voivodeship region successful nan southeast owed to nan heat.