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Dead fish and depression on the banks of Poland’s Oder River 
PL Source: AFP 8/27/2022
Dead fish and depression on the banks of Poland’s Oder River
Credit: AFP
Local tourist attractions have seen bookings plunge by 90% following the as yet unexplained catastrophe.
Appearing tired and stressed, Piotr Wloch looks out dejectedly at his empty tourist boats on the Oder river after an environmental disaster that has killed thousands of fish.
 

Like many local businesses, Wloch has seen bookings plunge by 90% following the as yet unexplained catastrophe on the lush banks of a river between Poland and Germany.

“I’m just starting to realise the scale of what happened,” Wloch told AFP.

“Yesterday, I slept all day because I was depressed, unable to move,” he said.

In the empty tourist marina of Cigacice in Poland, firefighters in a rubber dinghy are still removing dead fish while environmental agency workers take water samples for tests.

 
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