The Latest Breaking News on Floods

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.

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.

Central Water Commission official said that the water level of Saryu river has crossed the danger mark. Read further on Dynamite News:

Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe have forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels

Storm Boris is a low pressure system that has brought a month’s worth of rain to parts of Europe in just 24 hours

Leaked government figures show proportion of assets in adequate condition has fallen ‘significantly below’ target

Storms battered eastern Romania on Saturday, flooding several neighbourhoods, where emergency workers found four people dead in a search and rescue mission. The stormy weather comes as several central European nations anticipate severe flooding to hit the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, and Hungary over the weekend.