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pecha72 20 May 2010 08:27

Floods in Eastern Europe?
 
Starting off from Finland on 23rd or 24th May, destination unknown, but somewhere in Greece, eastern coast of the Adriatic, or South Italy might be good bets (or possibly all of them, we´ve got 4 weeks)....

But what about the flooding situation in southern Poland and the region? Just saw some news, and it looked quite bad, probably some roads cut off, etc.?

Was planning to start off from Tallinn, then go south to Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, then possibly Hungary, but may have to think this over... There are direct ferry options from Helsinki to Gdynia, Rostock, Travemunde, and naturally Stockholm. If we´ll re-route ourselves, it´ll probably be via Rostock or Travemunde.

Checked the forecasts on the net, and they say there´s likely to be some more rain in Krakow, for example, but hard to tell, if it´ll be enough to cause more flooding.

Any eyewitness info from the flooded areas, and predictions if this is likely to get better or worse in the coming days, would be warmly welcomed!

Bartosz 25 May 2010 09:39

Hi pecha72
It is really the biggest floding in Poland from 160 years. Even flood in 1997 was not so big.
Many roads in southern Poland are damaged. In much areas many roads are closed off the water. There are many detours.
I live in Kalisz, city in middle of Poland. Usual time of getting from outskirs to my firm is 15 min. Yesterday I drove 1,5 hour.
But in my city was only high level of water and closed 3 or 4 roads.
So in southerh Poland is terrible tragedy.
You must look for maps and find alternative roads.

Bartosz


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