Climate Water level of Poland's longest river falls to record low

Due to persistent drought in Poland, the water level of the Vistula in Warsaw has fallen to its lowest level since records began. "It's worse than in 2015 - and the water level continues to fall," wrote the weather service in the online service X.

According to Poland's meteorological institute IMGW, the water level of Poland's longest river reached just 25 centimetres in the capital on Sunday - one centimetre less than the previous low.

IMGW hydrologist Grzegorz Walijewski had told the AFP news agency the previous week that more than two thirds of Poland's rivers currently had very low water levels. The country has been in a "permanent drought" since 2015.

Walijewski attributed this to global climate change, which has resulted in milder winters with less snow, fewer rainy days and frequent warm days in Poland.

The Vistula runs for more than a thousand kilometers across Poland and finally flows into the Baltic Sea near Gdansk.

SDA