(16 Sep 2024)
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Litovel, Czech Republic – 16 September 2024
1. Cars passing through floodwater
2. Flooded street
3. Bench damaged by water
4. Fire truck driving through water
5. Forklift passing next to woman
6. Man wading through water
7. Cyclist struggling to pass through the street
8. Cyclist going through flooded street
STORYLINE:
Massive floods pounded Central Europe on Monday, killing four more people in Poland and one in the Czech Republic.
Police in the Czech Republic said one woman drowned in the northeast, which has been inundated by record rainfall since Thursday.
Seven other people were missing on Monday, up from four a day earlier.
The floods have already killed six people in Romania and one in Austria.
Czech authorities declared a state of emergency in two northeastern regions, which have seen the worst flooding, including in the Jeseniky mountains near the Polish border.
A number of towns and cities were submerged on Sunday in the northeast, with thousands evacuated.
Military helicopters joined rescuers on boats in efforts to transport people to safety.
Waters were receding from the mountainous areas on Monday, leaving behind destroyed houses and bridges and damaged roads.
In most parts of the country, conditions were expected to improve on Monday.
Floods moving toward the southeastern Czech Republic inundated the town of Litovel, while the Oder River flooded parts of the city of Ostrava at the confluence with the Opava River, forcing evacuations of hundreds on Monday after a natural dam broke.
Firefighters and others were working to fix the problem.
After flooding hit Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, it might impact Slovakia and Hungary next as a result of a low-pressure system from northern Italy that has been dumping record rainfall in the region since Thursday.
AP video shot by Stanislav Hodina
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