{"id":12311,"date":"2026-07-16T07:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/poland-braces-for-severe-storms-and-heatwaves\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:28:32","slug":"poland-braces-for-severe-storms-and-heatwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/poland-braces-for-severe-storms-and-heatwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland Braces for Severe Storms and Heatwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meteorologists have issued widespread weather alerts across Poland, warning of extreme temperatures reaching 32\u00b0C and intense thunderstorms accompanied by potential hail starting Thursday afternoon through Friday evening.  <\/p>\n<h4>Storm Warnings Across the Country<\/h4>\n<p>First-degree storm warnings are in effect for parts of the Lower Silesian province and a vast area extending from Bielsko-Bia\u0142a to the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie and Lubelskie regions. The IMGW estimates a 70 percent probability of these storms, which are expected to occur between 1:00 PM and 8:00 PM on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h4>Escalating Heatwave Alerts<\/h4>\n<p>Second-degree heat warnings cover a broad path from western Poland through the West Pomeranian, Greater Poland, Masovian, and \u0141\u00f3d\u017a regions, extending to Lublin and Tarnobrzeg. These alerts are active from 1:00 PM Thursday until 8:00 PM Friday.<\/p>\n<h4>Temperature Forecasts<\/h4>\n<p>Temperatures will hit approximately 30\u00b0C on Thursday, rising to 32\u00b0C on Friday, with nighttime lows between 16\u00b0C and 19\u00b0C. While the south and center face heat and storms, the northeast is expected to remain clear and dry, according to IMGW forecasts with an 80 percent confidence level.<\/p>\n<h4>Recent Storm Impact<\/h4>\n<p>Severe weather over the last 24 hours impacted several provinces, specifically \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie, Podkarpackie, and Lubelskie. The Government Security Centre issued alerts yesterday as the State Fire Service reported over 600 emergency interventions to address damage caused by the storms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meteorologists have issued widespread weather alerts across Poland, warning of extreme temperatures reaching 32\u00b0C and intense thunderstorms accompanied by potential hail starting Thursday afternoon through Friday evening. Storm Warnings Across the Country First-degree storm warnings are in effect for parts of the Lower Silesian province and a vast area extending from Bielsko-Bia\u0142a to the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expat-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}