Pictures show floods ravaging Central and Eastern Europe as death toll rises

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Floods brought on by days of heavy rainfalls have been ravaging countries including Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Austria, with thousands of people being evacuated as the death toll rises.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday said in a post on social media platform X, that was translated by Tech Zone Daily, that two more people had died following floods in the country. This is in addition to a firefighter who died Sunday.

Over the weekend, Reuters also reported several deaths in Poland and Romania, while Czech media agency CTK reported one death and several missing people. Tech Zone Daily could not immediately independently verify the reports.

Petr Fiala, the prime minister of the Czech Republic, said Sunday that more than 12,000 people had been evacuated from several towns and that firefighters had intervened in over 7,800 incidents since the flooding began. More rain was expected in coming days, Fiala added in a Google-translated post on X.

Elsewhere, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday announced that he had declared a “state of natural disaster” in response to the flooding, according to a translated social media post.

Pictures show the floods and their aftermath across Europe.

Properties are damaged as floodwaters rise following heavy rain on September 15, 2024 in Jesenik, Czech Republic.

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A torrent of water flows along the river Bela during heavy rain on September 14, 2024 in Mikulovice, Czech Republic.

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This aerial photograph taken on September 15, 2024 shows the flooded village of Rudawa, southern Poland.

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A car is submerged in water in a flooded street in Glucholazy, southern Poland, on September 15, 2024.

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Local residents rescue an elderly person from the rising flood waters in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi on September 14 2024.

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The Danube Canal overflows its banks in Vienna’s city center on September 15, 2024.

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