Europe is battling its worst floods in more than two decades.
Rivers were still bursting their banks in Czechia, while the River Danube was rising in Slovakia and Hungary, and parts of Austria and Romania have also been inundated by floodwaters.
The Czech-Polish border areas are among the worst-hit since the weekend, as gushing, debris-filled rivers devastated historic towns, collapsing bridges and destroying houses.
Flooding has killed seven people in Romania, where waters have receded since the weekend, six in Poland, five in Austria, and three in Czechia. Tens of thousands of Czech and Polish households were still without power or fresh water.
Hundreds of people have been rescued across 19 parts of the country, Romanian emergency services said. Source: Getty / Daniel Mihailescu
He announced the government would provide 1 billion zlotys (A$385 million) in immediate payouts to victims.
The fire brigade is evacuating residents from flooded houses in Czechowice Dziedzice, Poland. Source: AAP / Dawid Markysz
"It's a city like in an apocalypse... It's a ghost town," he said.
epa11608644 Locals clean up after the flood in Klodzko, southwest Poland, 16 September 2024. The Polish government called a special meeting on 16 September, after Prime Minister Tusk had ordered a day earlier the government to prepare an ordinance to declare a state of natural disaster over floods in the country. The Genoese low, which reached Poland on 12 September 2024, is responsible for the current slump in weather and heavy rains in the southern part of the country. EPA/DARIUSZ GDESZ POLAND OUT Source: AAP / Dariusz Gdesz
Overnight, volunteers helped rescue workers heave sandbags to build up the broken embankment around Nysa. Firefighters and soldiers have also spent the night reinforcing river embankments in the City of Wroclaw in southwestern Poland with sandbags.
Many Polish cities have called for food donations for flood survivors. Source: AAP / Maciej Kulczynski
In Czechia, a rising Morava River put Litovel — a city with a population of nearly 10,000 — around 70 per cent underwater.
Schools and health facilities have also shut, its mayor said in a video on Facebook.
Rescuers patrol flooded streets following heavy rain in the town of Ostrava, Czechia. Source: AAP / Martin Divisek
More than 12,000 people have been evacuated, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on social media platform X, as he called an extraordinary government session for Monday.
One person drowned on Monday in the Bruntál region of Czechia, police chief Martin Vondrášek told local media. Source: Getty / Gabriel Kuchta
Hundreds of sandbags are being used to reinforce a dam in Tahitotfalu, Hungary, as the Danube river threatens to spill its banks. Source: AAP / Denes Erdos
As levels of rivers and reservoirs fell, officials said they were bracing for a second wave as heavier rain was forecast.
Austria’s chancellor, Karl Nehammer, said the situation in his country "continues to worsen." Lower Austria has been declared a disaster area. Source: Getty / Helmut Fohringer
With additional reporting by Reuters and the Australian Associated Press.
