٠٠:٠٣:٥٨Hundreds responded to the Wroclaw authorities' call for the volunteers to participate in protecting the city as the level of the Oder River kept rising amid floods hitting many countries of the Central Europe.
Footage shows volunteers filling bags with sand and piling those on the river bank as well as using bulldozers to lay sandbags in rows along the shore during day and night.
Adam, a local volunteer, shared he came to help during his holiday having greater awareness witnessing 'what happened in Klodzko, Stronie or Ladek-Zdroj and Nysa'.
"I am exhausted, but we are all tired, we all work despite this, no one spares themselves, it gives hope, I am full of admiration for these people, everyone has their issues and problems, but they were able to come here despite that and help," he said.
According to reports the city has provided 26 tonnes of sand to build the dam. as heavy rains are expected to reach Wroclaw sometime between Wednesday evening and Friday morning.
Earlier floods caused damage in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with casualties reported. Reports indicate seven deaths in Romania, five in Austria and three in the Czech Republic. The natural disaster has left tens of thousands of households without electricity and fresh water in Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The current flooding in Central Europe has evoked memories of the devastating 1997 flood that killed 54 people and forced 162,000 to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
'It gives us hope' - Wroclaw locals use sandbags to create dams as floodwaters rise
Hundreds responded to the Wroclaw authorities' call for the volunteers to participate in protecting the city as the level of the Oder River kept rising amid floods hitting many countries of the Central Europe.
Footage shows volunteers filling bags with sand and piling those on the river bank as well as using bulldozers to lay sandbags in rows along the shore during day and night.
Adam, a local volunteer, shared he came to help during his holiday having greater awareness witnessing 'what happened in Klodzko, Stronie or Ladek-Zdroj and Nysa'.
"I am exhausted, but we are all tired, we all work despite this, no one spares themselves, it gives hope, I am full of admiration for these people, everyone has their issues and problems, but they were able to come here despite that and help," he said.
According to reports the city has provided 26 tonnes of sand to build the dam. as heavy rains are expected to reach Wroclaw sometime between Wednesday evening and Friday morning.
Earlier floods caused damage in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with casualties reported. Reports indicate seven deaths in Romania, five in Austria and three in the Czech Republic. The natural disaster has left tens of thousands of households without electricity and fresh water in Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The current flooding in Central Europe has evoked memories of the devastating 1997 flood that killed 54 people and forced 162,000 to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Hundreds responded to the Wroclaw authorities' call for the volunteers to participate in protecting the city as the level of the Oder River kept rising amid floods hitting many countries of the Central Europe.
Footage shows volunteers filling bags with sand and piling those on the river bank as well as using bulldozers to lay sandbags in rows along the shore during day and night.
Adam, a local volunteer, shared he came to help during his holiday having greater awareness witnessing 'what happened in Klodzko, Stronie or Ladek-Zdroj and Nysa'.
"I am exhausted, but we are all tired, we all work despite this, no one spares themselves, it gives hope, I am full of admiration for these people, everyone has their issues and problems, but they were able to come here despite that and help," he said.
According to reports the city has provided 26 tonnes of sand to build the dam. as heavy rains are expected to reach Wroclaw sometime between Wednesday evening and Friday morning.
Earlier floods caused damage in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with casualties reported. Reports indicate seven deaths in Romania, five in Austria and three in the Czech Republic. The natural disaster has left tens of thousands of households without electricity and fresh water in Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The current flooding in Central Europe has evoked memories of the devastating 1997 flood that killed 54 people and forced 162,000 to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.