Military helicopters aid in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in social media. Mi-17 machines participate in the action of sealing the flood shaft on the river Dzierzgon. The last storms proceed to be addressed by territorialists, and bomb squads from Orisha joined.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish reported that to The town of St. Gaj, where the flood shaft was damaged, was moved by pilots from the Air peculiar Operations Unit. "They carry large bags to fill the breach as shortly as possible," wrote the head of the Ministry of Defence. Firefighters and soldiers from the 42nd Marine Light Infantry Battalion OT pack sand into big-bags. Helicopters transport them and drop them at the site of the damaged shaft. Fortunately, it does not straight endanger residents due to the fact that it is about 2 km from the road and about 4 km from the nearest buildings.
In total, present military task force groups of territorialists proceed to operate in 4 locations. – Soldiers from The 13th Silesian Territorial Defence Brigade provides assistance in Goleszów, soldiers from the 4th Warmia-Masurian BOT operate in Tolkmick and Holy Gaj, and soldiers from the 7th Pomeranian BOT in the municipality of Cedry Wielkie in the area of Żuław Gdański – says Captain Grzegorz Hubacz, deputy spokesperson for the Territorial Defence Command. About a 100 territorialists participate in the action. In addition, military support assessment teams with 3 Podkarpackie BOT and 20 Przemysl BOT proceed to operate, which monitor the state of flood banks in delicate locations in their regions.
Yesterday, soldiers from the 16th Bomb Squad besides went to aid residents from the Elbląg area. They took with them from Orise floating self-propelled transporters (PTS) to work on strengthening shafts and securing flood areas. Today, among another things, in the village of Żółwinic they removed the congestion at the mouth of the river Dzierzgon to Lake Druzno. The sappers came to operate in the lowest – according to the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography – located in Poland – 1.3 m below sea level.
