Storm Boris wreaks havoc across eastern & central Europe, 7 dead

Torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe. Rivers were overflowing from Poland to Romania. Some parts of the Czech Republic and Poland faced the worst flooding in almost three decades. In the Czech Republic, two and a half lakh homes were without power due to high winds and rain.

Cyclone Boris swept through Central and Eastern Europe, — media.

Populated areas in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Moldova suffered from flooding.

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Flooding has led to evacuations and 51,000 households in the country’s northern areas have been hit by power outages. The floods proved deadly in Romania on Sunday, where four people died during floods in the south-eastern region of Galati.

The power of #StormBoris is ravaging central #Europe with widespread emergencies:worst #floods in 30years for #CzechRepublic with 80K evacuated,damn bursts in #Poland,#floods in #Austria #Wien and #Romania.Here the #storm in the last 48hrs by #MSG #climateemergency pic.twitter.com/BOIh6X8xPI

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In Poland, one person died in country’s worst-hit Klodzko County area on Sunday, where 1,600 people were evacuated. The local water management authority in Wroclaw said it expects a flood peak on the Oder River in Wroclaw next Tuesday which will last for several days.

As feared, catostrophic flooding is now occurring across parts of central Europe, as Storm Boris has dumped over 300mm of rain in the last few days.

Below is footage from a town in southwest Poland called Kłodzko.#Powodź #Powódź pic.twitter.com/s3b5Sv4sez

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In Romania, authorities said towns and villages in seven counties in eastern parts were hit.  The country’s emergency response team claimed it was still looking for two missing persons. Weathermen have forecast rains to continue till Tuesday.