Poland's Raciborz Reservoir Lauded for Preventing Major Flooding

The floodwater reservoir protected Opole and Wroclaw from severe flooding after torrential rains hit Central Europe.

The Raciborz Reservoir, located on the Oder River, has been praised for saving the cities of Opole and Wroclaw from imminent flooding.
The reservoir was built after the devastating 1997 'flood of the century' and opened in 2020, costing approximately 2 billion zlotys ($520 million).
It covers 26 square kilometers (10 square miles) and can hold up to 185 million cubic meters of floodwater.
The reservoir effectively mitigated the flood wave from torrential rains that brought six months' worth of rainfall in just four days.
Areas not protected by the Raciborz Reservoir system experienced significant flooding, highlighting its crucial role in flood prevention.