‘Catastrophe’ As Central Europe Deals With Deadly Floods

Emergency services are shoring up flood defenses in Central and Eastern Europe after torrential rainfall swelled rivers and damaged thousands of homes.

Storm Boris proved deadly in Romania, where four people were killed during floods in the southeastern region of Galati.

In the Czech Republic, flooding has led to evacuations and 51,000 households in the country’s northern areas have been hit by power outages, Czech power company CEZ says.

Flood barriers have gone up in the capital Prague.

Poland also evacuated some people from Glucholazy, a town near the Czech border, after a river burst its banks, reports the BBC.