In September 2024, extremely heavy rainfall from Storm Boris led to the worst flooding in southern Poland in over two decades. The floods caused significant loss of life, mass evacuations, and widespread destruction—with damage totaling in the billions of PLN, prompting a national and EU-backed shift toward stronger flood defenses and disaster preparedness.
In 2024, a flood wave is passing through Oława in Poland, causing growing concern among residents. Since the morning, they have been anxiously monitoring the water level of the Oder River, preparing for possible flooding. Photo © Marek Ladzinski / FORUM.
In 2024, the raging current of the Lądecka River overflowed its banks, causing massive destruction in the town of Lądek-Zdrój in southern Poland. Photo © Marek Ladzinski / FORUM.
Territorial Defence Force (WOT) soldiers are helping residents of Lądek-Zdrój recover from the flood. They are clearing mud that flooded streets and properties after the Lądecka River overflowed.
Territorial Defence Force (WOT) soldiers are helping residents of Lądek-Zdrój recover from the flood. They are clearing mud that flooded streets and properties after the Lądecka River overflowed. One of the WOT soldiers is pumping water out of the basement of a residential building in the town of Lądek-Zdrój. Photo © Marek Ladzinski / FORUM.
Tender embraces of Lądek-Zdrój’s female residents during a gathering at the town square while clearing the aftermath of the flood that struck southern Poland in 2024.
Residents of Lądek-Zdrój, along with their friends, are helping a close acquaintance, the owner of a fabric store, to clean up the aftermath of the flood that struck southern Poland in 2024. During a break, they eat a meal and rest together at the workplace. Photo © Marek Ladzinski / FORUM.
The apartment owner, together with a friend, is removing flooded and damaged household appliances that became unusable after the flood that struck Lądek-Zdrój in 2024. Photo © Marek Ladzinski / FORUM.
