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With Sandbags and Team Spirit, a Polish City Fought Off a Flood

Thousands of residents of Nysa, in southern Poland, formed a human chain overnight to pass each other sandbags, building a wall along a river embankment to keep the raging waters at bay.

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Local residents pile up sandbags to protect the embankment of the Nysa Klodzka River against the floods in Nysa, southern Poland.

Death Toll Rises as Deadly Floods Threaten Central Europe: What We Know

16 September 2024 at 23:17
At least 17 people have died and thousands have been displaced. “Relief is not expected to come before tomorrow, and more likely, the day after,” an official in Austria said.

© Maciej Kulczynski/EPA, via Shutterstock

An aerial picture of the flooded town of Klodzko, southwestern Poland, on Sunday.
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