Current Temperature in Belarusian Rivers and Water Bodies
In Belarus, recent severe weather events in July 2025 have led to significant flooding and disruptions, particularly affecting rivers in major cities such as Minsk and Vitebsk.
Heavy rains and thunderstorms have caused flooding and landslides along riverbanks. In Vitebsk, intense rainfall on July 26 resulted in the collapse of seven houses into a river due to slope erosion. In Minsk, multiple severe thunderstorms between July 15 and July 30 triggered heavy rainfall and flash flooding, causing widespread urban flooding and traffic disruption.
These flooding events are linked to extreme weather patterns typical for summer periods, which cause rapid rises and falls in river water levels. The water levels in the bodies of water in Belarus, including the Nemana River and the Dnieper River, are not mentioned to have changed significantly. However, in some tributaries like the Svisloch, Sluch, Bobr, and Ross, the water levels have risen significantly, flooding adjacent lowlands.
According to the Belarus Hydrometeorology Center, the water levels in Belarus' rivers are fluctuating by 1-13 cm daily. Forecasters predict that river levels and temperatures on the Nemana River and the Dnieper River will not change in the coming days.
However, the duration of these fluctuating water levels and flooding in Belarusian rivers is not specified in current reports. The situation has caused significant immediate damage, and the duration will largely depend on ongoing weather conditions.
The affected rivers are not explicitly named but are implied to be those flowing through affected urban areas such as Vitebsk and Minsk, which correspond respectively to the Western Dvina River basin and tributaries feeding the Berezina and Svislach rivers.
In summary, Belarus is currently experiencing short-term but intense flooding events due to fluctuating water levels driven by heavy summer thunderstorms; key affected areas include riverbanks in Vitebsk and urban river systems in Minsk. The duration will largely depend on ongoing weather, but the situation has caused significant immediate damage as of late July 2025.
Science and environmental science have both shown that the flooding events in Belarus in July 2025 are linked to environmental changes, specifically extreme weather patterns typical for summer periods that cause rapid rises and falls in river water levels. The abnormal weather conditions have resulted in short-term but intense flooding events along the riverbanks in cities like Vitebsk and Minsk, impacting their urban river systems.
