The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Marek Prochazka will turn 50 on Wednesday, but he won't be celebrating, with his home town in the Czech Republic once again ravaged by floods.

Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has declared a 30-day ‘state of natural disaster’

Czech Republic, Poland and Austria fear worst may yet be to come as thousands are evacuated to higher ground

Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world is

Flooding sparked by Storm Boris in central Europe has burst dams, knocked out power and killed at least 11 people, authorities said Monday as some communities were cut off four days into the disaster.

Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia among worst-hit countries as extreme rain and floods cause several deaths

Floods have already killed six people in Romania and one in Austria

Heavy rain has led to serious flooding across central Europe

Storm Boris has caused rivers to burst banks and trapped people in their homes across Austria, Poland and Slovakia

The sun was shining and the sky was bright blue with just a few white clouds, but in downtown Opava in the Czech Republic, most people only talked about the weather with concerned frowns.

One person has drowned in Poland and an Austrian fireman has died responding to floods, authorities said Sunday, as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains. The deaths bring the overall toll from the storm to seven, with thousands evacuated across the continent.