Social media mobilises Poles to battle floods in historic city


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  • Friday, 20 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of Oder river during flooding in Wroclaw, Poland September 19, 2024. Patryk Ogorzalek/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/via REUTERS/File Photo

WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) - A social media producer whose accounts would normally show people where to eat out and relax in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw has shifted his focus to showing people where they can volunteer to protect the city against flood waters.

Central Europe has been ravaged by floods that have caused billions of dollars of damage and killed at least 24 people, but Poland's third largest city has escaped the worst of the damage, in part thanks to a huge mobilisation of members of the public who have worked round the clock building walls of sandbags.

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