The first snow fell in the Czech Republic and Poland

The first snow fell in the Czech Republic. A thin fluffy carpet covered the top of the ore mountains and the Krkonosh mountains in the west and north of the republic on the last summer day.

The mercury column of the thermometer sank there to zero degrees. In most of the Czech territory, the air temperature ranges from four to fourteen degrees today, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the Czech Republic, the past summer, as meteorologists emphasize, was "non -standard for the local climate." The heat, when the temperature rose in the shade to the mark above 35 degrees, was replaced by the showers that caused destructive floods, and now early snow fell.

Natural cataclysms continue to surprise the inhabitants of Poland. On the last day of summer in Polish Tatras, at the top of the Casprint, it suddenly snowed, and the air temperature dropped to a zero mark.

Locals note that early winter is not something unusual at an altitude of 1987 m, where snow can lie until the end of June. However, as a rule, the change of season takes place here no earlier than the end of September.

At this time, in other regions of the country there are pouring rains, which again pose a threat to floods. In a number of regions, a flood warning has already been announced in the southern governments of the republic.

The Institute of Meteorology and the Water Economy of Poland at the ongoing on Tuesday, August 31, the press conferences warned of the high probability of spilling rivers.

“Where the amount of precipitation will exceed 100 liters within a day or 36 hours, the river will certainly come out of the shores,” said the head of the department, Mecherslav Ostsky. He added that such intense rain is expected in the upper tributaries of Vistula and Odra.

According to local media today, in some Generals of the Schlensky, Lesopolsk, Sventokshi voivodniks it reached local floods. Special services are monitoring the situation, sandbags are prepared, ditches and ditches are cleared. According to weather forecasters, rains will continue until the weekend.

In early August, in the south-west of Poland, as a result of pouring rains, the water level in a small Medzyank river increased sharply. In a matter of minutes, most of the city of Bogatyn with the 18 thousandth population turned out to be under water. Four people became victims of the elements, and the city now has to be restored almost again.

In May and June, two powerful waves of the flood passed through the territory of the republic. As a result of the rampant, 24 people died, 11 thousand buildings were destroyed, 31 thousand people were evacuated. 666 GMine in 14 voivodships suffered.