Deadly floods in Europe: the death toll has risen, there are missing people Anastasia Kushpit Victims of flooding in Europe/Collage by Channel 24 The situation in Central Europe is critical due to floods. Unfortunately, at least 17 people have died in different countries, and 7 are missing in the Czech Republic. The situation remains tense, with fatalities reported in Romania, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic. A dam in St. Pölten in Lower Austria has burst, flooding the entire town. A firefighter died while pumping out water. Emergency shelters have been set up in the area. More than 25,000 emergency workers and about 1,000 soldiers have been called in to help with the disaster. The military used a Black Hawk helicopter to transport large bags of sand and gravel to form a dam. The situation in the capital, Vienna, is also tense. The Vienna River, which used to flow more like a stream, has turned into a raging body of water, flooding bike paths and streets. Some subway lines are flooded, and two subway lines are partially suspended. Train traffic to Austria was also severely disrupted. The bodies of two people who had drowned in their homes were later found. Rescuers found the body of a 70-year-old man in Untergrafendorf in the municipality of Beheimkirchen (St. Pölten-Land district) and an 80-year-old man in Hebersdorf in the market town of Sierndorf (Korneuburg district). The situation in Poland is also dramatic. Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed the death of the first person on Sunday. However, now the death toll has risen to 5. In particular, the body of a surgeon who was returning from the hospital was found in the city of Nysa. Earlier, the bodies of two women and two men were found separately in the cities of Bielsko-Biała and Lądek-Zdrój and in two villages. In southwestern Poland, floodwaters from the Biała River destroyed embankments and dams in the cities of Glucolazy and Lądek-Zdrój. Thousands of people had to be evacuated. The authorities called in the army for help. Train traffic between Poland and the Czech Republic has been suspended. The Polish-Czech border crossing at Golkowice had to be closed on Saturday. The situation is especially bad in the north-east of the country. There, most of the city of Opava had to be evacuated. The Czech publication Novinky writes that in the area of the city of Bruntal in the northeast of the country, police reported one dead person. There were also 7 reports of missing people from different regions. Three of them were driving a car that ended up in traffic in the Lipova Lazne area. The number of deaths in Romania has risen to six. The southeastern region of Galati, where four bodies were found on Saturday, reported two more deaths on Sunday. The death toll from extreme weather conditions caused by Storm Boris in central and eastern Europe has risen to at least 23 people as of Wednesday, Reuters reports. Czech rescuers have found the body of a 70-year-old woman who had been missing since late last week in the northeastern village of Kobyla nad Vidnavkou. The total number of people killed in the Czech Republic by the bad weather has thus risen to four people. Czech police spokesman Jakub Vincalek said that eight more people remain missing. The number of people killed in the bad weather in Austria as of Wednesday is five people, while in Romania and Poland it is at least seven.The death toll in Austria has increased
The death toll in Poland has also risen
There is a dead person and missing persons in the Czech Republic
More bodies found in Romania
Toll rises in eastern Europe
Deadly floods in Europe: death toll rises, more missing
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