Strengthening floodbanks, monitoring of water-threatening areas, medical and supply assistance – these are just a fewer tasks that soldiers have been doing since this morning. On Monday at noon, Operation Feniks officially began. This is another phase of the Polish Army's activities in areas ravaged by floods.
On Monday morning the Odra in only 1 place – Teutonic Knights – exceeded the emergency condition, even though in the last 12 hours the water level dropped by almost half a meter. In respective another places on the river, a informing condition persists. On the night of Sunday, on Monday, the culmination wave passed around fresh Salt and there was a pump area failure between Brods and Brods. Uniforms rushed to help, utilizing helicopters to transport and drop large bags to seal the airlock in that area. At the same time, soldiers serving FlyEye and Bayraktar drones conducted reconnaissance flights over threatened areas.
A full of 26,000 soldiers were sent to aid the flooders from 5 p.m. on Sunday to noon on Monday. Many of them worked to strengthen floodbanks in towns specified as Nowa Sól, Krosno Odrzańskie, Słubice, Otyń, Głogów, Lądek-Zdrój. During the last 24 hours, soldiers no longer carried out evacuations of the population (so far with the support of the army, they managed to aid 4539 people).
The military continues to transport and distribute drinking water and food for floods from the Silesian Party, Land-Zdrój and Nysa. Nysa Field Hospital He has already received 263 patients, mostly with orthopaedic injuries. 4 out of six performed their tasks mobile medical teams.
One of the effects of the flood is the increased activity of looters and criminals who effort to exploit the hard situation of floods. In this case, it besides helps defender the military. Police officers who defender the property of evacuated residents proceed to support, among others, 500 soldiers of the Military Gendarmerie and territorials from the peculiar Unit "Griff". Joint police and "Griff" patrols will last until 24 September. Meanwhile, Cyberspace defence Army Command launched a task force to exposure cyber criminals organizing false gatherings for floods.
At noon, the military operation Feniks officially began. It aims to mitigate the effects of floods, to support public administration in the reconstruction of infrastructure (roads, bridges, railways, power lines) and to temporarily strengthen flood infrastructure. Many specified tasks have been carried out by uniforms for respective days, for example, the task forces of engineering troops are formed. Another, IGZ Szczecin, has just been created, which will deal with the removal of damage, cleaning and mutilation of roads, the export of flood waste, etc. Preparatory work for the installation of the DMS-65 bridge is underway in Dłuchołazy.
Military chemists are already in operation. 17 disinfection task teams stay ready to tackle the effects of floods and minimise the epidemiological threat. 3 teams are already in Brzeg and after the reinsansus will begin disinfection of infrastructure facilities.
