Grateful Poles are heaping praise to honor their silent hero that just saved them: a floodwater reservoir that spared the cities of Opole and Wroclaw from imminent flooding that ravaged parts of Central Europe.

Poland will mobilise up to 23 billion zlotys ($6.01 billion), some of it from the European Union, to deal with the aftermath of severe flooding, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. The worst floods in at least two decades left many towns in southwestern Poland submerged,

Poland's government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, will mobilize up to 23 billion zlotys ($6.01 billion) for flood relief, leveraging funds from the European Union. Severe flooding has affected southwestern Poland,