The Latest Breaking News on Floods

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.

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.