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Poland continues to face extreme weather volatility, characterized by a cycle of hydrological drought and severe storm threats. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) has issued second-degree warnings for much of the country, forecasting intense rainfall, thunderstorms, and wind gusts of 110-140 km/h driven by a Genoa low. These storms pose significant risks of flash flooding in urban areas and infrastructure damage, prompting RCB SMS warnings across 15 voivodeships. The systemic water deficit persists, with 2025 classified as a dry year where 392 stations recorded flows below the long-term average low flow (SNQ). In the Grójec basin, rainfall deficits have reached approximately 150 liters per square meter. The drought has become particularly acute in the Podkarpacie region of southern Poland. ~~Critically low water levels are affecting the Soła River, the Vistula River, and the Goczałkowice reservoir.~~ In Solina Lake, the receding shoreline has exposed large areas of the lakebed, including the foundations of former ~~villages submerged during the dam’s construction in the 1960s. In~~ villages. This is driven by a significant imbalance between inflow and outflow; currently, approximately 1 cubic meter of water enters the ~~Wołkowyja region,~~ reservoir per second, while 7.5 cubic meters are discharged. While the ~~receding shoreline has created an unusual landscape that~~ sight has attracted tourists, ~~though officials warn~~ experts clarify that the ~~muddy and uneven terrain can be hazardous. The drought~~ entire lake is ~~also significantly impacting central Poland. The Sulejów Reservoir on~~ not drying up. In Warsaw, the ~~Pilica~~ Vistula River ~~has seen a rapid depletion~~ is also experiencing visible changes, with sandbars and stones emerging from the water. Researchers from the Polish Academy of ~~its~~ Sciences and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences note that the perceived drop in water ~~volume, dropping from approximately 34.1 million cubic meters on September 18~~ levels is not solely due to ~~32.6 million cubic meters by October 1. This loss~~ decreased volume, but also riverbed erosion, channel narrowing, and the removal of ~~1.5 million~~ aggregate. While the current flow of approximately 150 cubic meters ~~in less~~ per second is lower than ~~two weeks leaves~~ the ~~reservoir at less than half of its normative capacity~~ long-term average of ~~75.1 million~~ 600 cubic ~~meters, exposing extensive sandy patches and sections of the reservoir floor.~~ meters per second, it does not yet represent a catastrophic shortage. The drought is also significantly impacting central Poland.

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