{"id":1371,"date":"2024-03-12T12:21:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bezpiecznawisla.pl\/2024\/03\/12\/it-was-the-wettest-february-in-over-70-years\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:21:24","slug":"it-was-the-wettest-february-in-over-70-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bezpiecznawisla.pl\/en\/2024\/03\/12\/it-was-the-wettest-february-in-over-70-years\/","title":{"rendered":"It was the wettest February in over 70 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a dynamic hydrological start to the year, the situation on the rivers is stabilizing. The State Water Holding Polish Waters (Pa\u0144stwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie) continues to monitor the hydro-meteorological situation, including the area of the Sandomierz Vistula, which is part of the “Safe Vistula \u2013 Ecologically into the Future” program. <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

According to data from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW), this February was by far the warmest and wettest since 1951! The average monthly rainfall totaled over 65 mm, while the typical amount for this month (from 1991 to 2020) was only around 32 mm. While one would expect freezing weather in February, this year brought quite the opposite. <\/p>\n

“Heavy rainfall and snowmelt in the catchment area of the so-called Sandomierz Vistula required and still require us to monitor and be ready for immediate action. This is an area prone to flooding and inundations. Therefore, systemic solutions are necessary, and we are working on them with a team of experts as part of the ‘Safe Vistula – Ecologically into the Future’ program. Various scenarios are being analyzed, along with revisions of proposals and the results of studies obtained in previous projects implemented within water management in Poland,” <\/em>says Wojciech Kozak, Director of the PGW WP RZGW Krak\u00f3w.
So, what happened in February in the areas covered by the project? <\/p>\n\t

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