Efforts continue to battle flooding as Gdansk considers costs of the damage

Flood rescue teams in Gdansk yesterday battled to save the dam on the Radunia river. Several districts in the southern parts of the city were under threat after flood water broke through the dam. Mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz, who interrupted a holiday in Tunisia to oversee the effort to combat the flooding, has appointed a team charged with estimating the losses, which are already believed to be in the region of zl.200 million. It seems likely that the city, with just zl.4 million in its coffers, will have to reduce its expenditure and probably amend its budget plan. Neighboring Sopot has offered zl.100,000 in aid, and Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek has promised Gdansk a further zl.810,000. Pope John Paul II has expressed his sympathy for the victims of the flooding. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.Z.