Polish flood of 1934

In the following days, the flood spread to the basins of the Raba, Wisłoka, and Skawa, all of which are tributaries to the Vistula.

The disaster took the lives of 55 people[1] and caused damages estimated at 60 million interbellum zlotys.

According to contemporary sources, some areas looked like giant seas, with only the chimneys of houses peeking above the water.

[citation needed] Levels of the rivers which have their sources in the Tatras and the Gorce Mountains rose immediately, and on 19 July the flood wave, swollen by excessive waters of the tributaries, appeared on the Vistula near Sandomierz.

[citation needed] Altogether, the water flooded 1,260 square kilometres (490 sq mi), killing 55 people.