A PSP spokesperson said that of the 745 interventions carried out before 7 p.m., the greatest number was recorded in the Łódzkie province: 332.
Other provinces strongly affected by the gale-force winds were: Wielkopolskie (102), Śląskie (97), and Małopolskie (88).
In Aleksandrów (Śląskie province, Kłobuck county), a tree fell on railway tracks and tore down an overhead line, causing an express train from the southern city of Kraków to the coastal city of Kołobrzeg to be left stranded in the field, along with approximately 160 passengers, of whom some 10 were of limited mobility.
Twenty-five firefighters and six engines from PSP and Volunteer Firefighting Service (OSP) were called to the spot, with the firemen helping the passengers to a replacement bus service several hundred meters away.
The Institute of Meteorology issued a second-degree storm warning for the southern provinces of Małopolskie, Łódzkie, Śląskie, Świętokrzyskie, and Podkarpackie.
Simultaneously, a second-degree high-temperature warning has been issued for most of the rest of the country.
A first-degree warning of heavy rains and thunderstorms has been issued for the Zachodniopomorskiem Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie, Doplnośląskie, and Mazowiecie provinces, as well as the southern parts of Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Śląskie provinces, and the greater part of Świętkorzyskie and Podkarpackie provinces.
The Government Center for Security (RCB) also sent out a text message warning residents of Dolnośląskie, Łódzkie, Podkarpackie, Świętokrzyskie, Wielkopolskie, and Opolskie provinces that during the night of June 27-28 there will be heavy rains that might result in flooding, and advising them to seek shelter during the storm.
