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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ajit Niranjan

Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe

People stand on their doorsteps as a rescue boat moves along a flooded street
A flooded street in Kłodzko, Poland. In Głuchołazy, the floods collapsed a bridge and washed houses away. Photograph: Action Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Picturesque towns across central Europe are inundated by dirty flood water after heavy weekend rains turned tranquil streams into raging rivers that wreaked havoc on infrastructure.

The floods have killed at least 15 people and destroyed buildings from Austria to Romania. The destruction comes after devastating floods around the world last week when entire villages were submerged in Myanmar and nearly 300 prisoners escape a collapsed jail in Nigeria, where floods have affected more than 1 million people.

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