Storms hit southern Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
14.08.2014 10:10
Storms ravaged parts of southern Poland, Wednesday night, with two people injured and some roads made impassable.
Homes damaged in Kraczkowa, south-east Poland: photo - PAP/Darek Delmanowicz
In Stary Sacz, Małopolska province, a 27-year-old woman was injured by broken glass as high winds and rain ripped through the town, with around 20 buildings damaged.
Fire-fighters had to intervene around 100 times, say local emergency services, and up to 20,000 homes were left without electricity.
Buildings were also damaged in the town of Kraczkowa, Podkarpacie province.
Meanwhile, figures from the Ministry of Administration and Digitisation reveal that between May and August, around 90 million zloty (22.5 million euro) was spent on post-storm and flood clean-up operations.
The amount also includes one-off subsidy payments amounting to 6,000 zloty for families affected by the severe weather. (pg/jb)
Source: PAP/Rzeczpospolita