Footage present floods ravaging Central and Jap Europe as loss of life toll rises

Floods introduced on by days of heavy rainfalls have been ravaging international locations together with Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Austria, with 1000’s of individuals being evacuated because the loss of life toll rises.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday stated in a publish on social media platform X, that was translated by CNBC, that two extra folks had died following floods within the nation. That is along with a firefighter who died Sunday.

Over the weekend, Reuters additionally reported a number of deaths in Poland and Romania, whereas Czech media company CTK reported one loss of life and several other lacking folks. CNBC couldn’t instantly independently confirm the reviews.

Petr Fiala, the prime minister of the Czech Republic, stated Sunday that greater than 12,000 folks had been evacuated from a number of cities and that firefighters had intervened in over 7,800 incidents for the reason that flooding started. Extra rain was anticipated in coming days, Fiala added in a Google-translated publish on X.

Elsewhere, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday introduced that he had declared a “state of pure catastrophe” in response to the flooding, in response to a translated social media publish.

Footage present the floods and their aftermath throughout Europe.