Four Die in Romanian Floods as Rain Lashes Europe

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Storm Boris has brought strong winds and torrential rain to parts of Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia

Europe floods: Fears of further deaths as heavy rain continues

Four people have died in Romania, while rivers have swelled in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Austria.

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Four people have died in Romania due to floods caused by torrential rain sweeping through central and eastern Europe, emergency services have said.

Elsewhere on Saturday, the highest flood alert was declared in 38 locations across the Czech Republic.

In the capital Prague, the city's flood barriers have been raised, embankments have been closed to the public, and the zoo has been closed, Czech authorities said.

Evacuations have also started in Poland as rivers rise to dangerous levels.

 

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'Catastrophic' Floods Spread in Central Europe as Death Roll Rises to Seven​

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Countries across Central and Eastern Europe are facing extreme flooding as Storm Boris wreaks havoc across the continent. A firefighter has died during a flood rescue
in Austria and people have drowned in Poland and Romania, while several people are missing in the Czech Republic.

Tens of thousands of people are without power and many people have been evacuated from badly-hit areas to higher ground

The Austrian province surrounding Vienna has been declared a disaster area, with its leaders speaking of "an unprecedented extreme situation"

 

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The death toll from the floods that hit central Europe over the weekend has risen, with more casualties recorded in the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria.

In the Czech Republic, one person drowned in a stream close to the town of Bruntal in the north-east of the country, while seven people are still missing.

Four people are known to have died in Poland, although a spokesman for the interior ministry said the precise cause of death was still to be determined in at least one case.

And in Austria, two people aged 70 and 80 died in the north-east of the country. One of them, a resident of the town of Höbersdorf, was apparently trying to pump water out of his apartment when he drowned, Austrian media reported.

Eight deaths were recorded over the weekend in Poland, Romania and Austria, where a firefighter was killed during a flood rescue operation.

Although conditions have stabilised in some parts of central Europe, others are bracing themselves for more disruption and danger.

In Slovakia, the overflowing of the Danube River caused flooding in the Old Town area of the capital, Bratislava, with local media reporting that water levels exceeded 9m (30ft) and were expected to rise further.

Death toll rises in flood-hit Central Europe

Several people have died across the Czech Republic, Austria, Romania and Poland following devastating floods.

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