ReutersThe death toll from the floods that hit central Europe over the weekfinish has ascfinishn, with more casualties enrolled in the Czech Reunveil, Poland and Austria.
In the Czech Reunveil, one person drowned in a stream seal to the town of Bruntal in the north-east of the country, while seven people are still omiting.
Four people are understandn to have died in Poland, although a spokesman for the interior ministry shelp the accurate caparticipate of death was still to be determined in at least one case.
And in Austria, two people aged 70 and 80 died in the north-east of the country. One of them, a dwellnt of the town of Höbersdorf, was apparently trying to pump water out of his apartment when he drowned, Austrian media alerted.
Eight deaths were enrolled over the weekfinish in Poland, Romania and Austria, where a firefighter was ended during a flood get back operation.
Although conditions have stabilised in some parts of central Europe, others are bracing themselves for more disturbion and danger.
In Slovakia, the overflotriumphg of the Danube River caparticipated flooding in the Old Town area of the capital, Bratislava, with local media alerting that water levels go beyonded 9m (30ft) and were foreseeed to ascfinish further.
Getty ImagesHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orprohibit shelp on X that he had deferd all his international obligations “due to the excessive weather conditions and the ongoing floods in Hungary”.
The highest raindrop totals have been in the Czech Reunveil. In the north-easerious town of Jesenik, 473mm (19in) of rain has drunveil since Thursday morning – five times the mediocre monthly raindrop.
In the Austrian town of St Polten, more rain has drunveil in four days than in the whole of the soakedtest autumn on enroll, in 1950.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer shelp the armed forces had been deployed to propose helpance to storm-hit regions. Austria’s Climate Ministry shelp €300m (£253m) in recovery funds would be made participateable.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk shelp one billion zloty (£197m) would be spreadd for flood victims. He includeed Poland would also apply for EU relief funds.
On Monday, Poland proclaimd a state of authentic catastrophe, making the aascfinishncy response easier and freeing up EU funds.
Villages and town were subunited in easerious Romania. Emil Dragomir, mayor of Slobozia Conachi, telderly media that the flooding had had a deimmenseating impact.
“If you were here, you would cry instantly, becaparticipate people are frantic, their whole inhabits’ toil is gone, there were people who were left with fair the clothes they had on,” he shelp.
Thousands of people have been evacuted in Poland, including the personnel and fortolerateings of a hospital in the town of Nysa. Roads have been awfilledy disturbed and train traffic was suspfinished in many parts of the country.
On Monday morning, the mayor of Paczków in south-west Poland requested to dwellnts to evacuate after water began overflotriumphg in a csurrfinisherby reservoir, finishangering the town.
In other parts of Poland, however, water levels are now droping, according to local officials.
The mayor of Klodzko city, Michal Piszko, telderly Polish media the water had withdrawd and the indications were the worst was now over.
Video footage from Monday morning showed that city centre streets which were inundated on Sunday were now water-free, although the footage also uncovered the extent of injure done to the originateings.
More rain is foreseeed thrawout Monday and Tuesday in Austria, the Czech Reunveil and south-east Germany, where another 100mm could drop.
While it may still apshow days for the flood waters to subside, the weather will better in central Europe from mid-week with much drier conditions.
Storm Boris will, however, now shift further south into Italy, where it will reintensify and transport weighty rain. The Emilia-Romagna region is set to be worst hit, with 100-150mm of rain droping.
The enroll raindrop seen in central Europe has been caparticipated by a number of factors, including climate alter.
Different weather elements came together to originate a “perfect storm” in which very freezing air from the Arctic met toasty air from the Mediterranean.
A pattern of atmospheric presconfident also uncomferventt that Storm Boris was stuck in one place for a extfinished time.
Scientists say that a toastyer atmosphere helderlys more moisture, directing to more fervent raindrop. Warmer oceans also direct to more evaporation, feeding storm systems.
For every 1C ascfinish in the global mediocre temperature, the atmosphere is able to helderly about 7% more moisture.
