The report of the incident was received on Wednesday morning, following 7 o’clock.
The authorities were informed that a car entered a flooded section of the road in the village of Sakūčiai, in the village of Sakūčiai, Kintos, the current swept it off the road, and the car was submerged.
As reported by the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue, when the rescuers arrived, they found that the Peugeot car was driving on a road closed to traffic due to flooding. Part of the car was washed away from the road by the water current, water covered half of the car.
The man was lifted from his car into a fire truck, and the car was towed to a dry stretch of road.
Residents of the Priekulė ward of the Klaipėda district also needed the help of firefighters on Wednesday. It was reported that the basement of their house was flooded.
When the firefighters arrived, they found regarding 1.5 m of water in the basement of the house and pumped it out.
Residents of the Priekulė ward also needed the help of firefighters during Christmas – a resident of the village of Liaunai asked for help to move him and his puppy from a flooded yard to the city of Priekulė.
The road to the resident was flooded, the water reached regarding one meter.
The rescuers swam regarding 400 meters in a motor boat. The resident and the animal were floated to land.
The Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service announces on Thursday that a 1-94 cm water level rise is observed in the country. In the western, southwestern part, in places, 1-77 cm fall. The natural water level is still observed in Minija near Priekula, Leite near Kūlynai and the branch of the Nemunas in Atmata near Rusne.
Fluctuation of the water level is expected in the near future.
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2024-07-07 05:42:10
