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Anna Maria JAKUBEK and Bernard OSSER with Blaise GAUQUELIN in Vienna

Storm Boris toll rises to 21 in Central Europe

An 81-year-old woman was Austria's fifth victim of the floods, a police spokesman told AFP (Credit: AFP)

The death toll has risen to 21 in the extreme weather and flooding let loose by Storm Boris in central Europe, authorities said Tuesday after two more victims were reported in Poland and one in Austria.

High winds and unusually heavy rainfall have hit swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia since last week.

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