With waters expected to rise further, Hungary braces for its worst floods in a decade.
People stand near the destroyed road by the Biala Ladecka River in the aftermath of flooding in Ladek Zdroj, Poland September 16, 2024. / Photo: AP
So far 16 people have been reported killed — seven people in Romania, five in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Austria. Experts warned of flood threats due to the cresting Oder River in Opole, a city of some 130,000 residents, and Wroclaw, home to about 640,0 00 residents and where disastrous flooding happened in 1997.Firefighters in southwestern Poland said flood victims included a surgeon whose body was found on Monday morning in Nysa after he returned from hospital duty.Police in the Czech Republic said that a woman and two men drowned in the northeast, which has been pounded by record rainfall since Thursday.
Waters were receding from the mountainous areas on Monday, leaving behind destroyed houses and bridges and damaged roads.Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala visited the town of Jesenik, one of the hardest hit places.
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