Flooding caused by days of heavy rain has hit countries including Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Austria, with thousands of people evacuated as the death toll rises.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said in a post on social media platform X on Monday that two more people had died in the country as a result of flooding, as translated by CNBC. This comes on top of the firefighter who died on Sunday.
Over the weekend, Reuters reported several deaths in Poland and Romania, while Czech media outlet CTK reported one death and several missing. CNBC could not immediately independently verify the reports.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Sunday that more than 12,000 people had been evacuated from several towns and that firefighters had responded to more than 7,800 incidents since the flooding began. Fiala added in a Google Translated post to X that more rain was expected in the coming days.
Elsewhere, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared a “state of natural disaster” in response to the floods on Sunday, according to a translated social media post.
This photo shows the flooding and its aftermath across Europe.
On September 15, 2024, heavy rain caused flooding in Jesenik, Czech Republic, causing property damage.
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Rapids flow along the Bela River in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, during heavy rain on September 14, 2024.
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Damaged buildings and vehicles are seen in the city center after flooding caused by heavy rain in Jesenik, Czech Republic, on September 16, 2024.
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This aerial photo taken on September 15, 2024 shows the flooded town of Rudava in southern Poland.
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A car sits underwater on a flooded street in Gluckolz, southern Poland, September 15, 2024.
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This aerial photo taken on September 15, 2024 shows a flooded street in Gluckolaj, southern Poland.
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People clean the floor of a church after floodwaters recede in the village of Pecea, Romania, on September 15, 2024.
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Local residents rescue an elderly man from floodwaters in the village of Konaci, Slobozia, Romania, on September 14, 2024.
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On September 15, 2024, the Danube Canal overflowed its banks in downtown Vienna.
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Firefighters stand around sandbags they have piled to prevent flooding in Hardersdorf am Kamp, Austria, on September 16, 2024.
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A man holds a cat as rescuers help him through a flooded street after heavy rain in Jesenik, Czech Republic, September 15, 2024.
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Drone view of flooded areas on the Nysa Klodzka River in Nysa, Poland, on September 16, 2024.
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