Warsaw  - Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would find half a billion zloty (155 million dollars) to help victims of the nationwide floods that claimed one victim and damaged hundreds of homes and farms in southern Poland last week.

Residents in the region would start receiving aid by late Monday afternoon, Tusk said during his visit to the village of Zawada.

"Thank God there weren't any victims (in the area) though the force of the water was very strong," Tusk said. "Everyone agrees: the firemen's devotion was extraordinary."

One man drowned Thursday in high waters engulfing the region around the south-eastern town of Ropczyce. Flash floods in the region also claimed 13 lives in the neighbouring Czech Republic.

Polish officials Monday were still estimating the value of losses in the flood-affected regions.(dpa)