The death toll from the Boris depression, which is affecting central and eastern Europe, is rising. One person has drowned in Poland and four others are missing in the neighboring Czech Republic, which is suffering from torrential rains and rising rivers caused by the torrential rains, authorities in both countries announced on Sunday, September 15. “We expect rainfall totals of around 300 to 400 mm in Austria and the Czech Republic,” warned Jérome Cerisier, Weather Solutions forecaster. Follow our live stream.
Four dead in Romania. The previous day, the bad weather had already caused the death of four people in the south-east of Romania, according to the Romanian authorities. In Galati County (Romania), More than 5,000 houses were destroyed by floods and inundations.
Residents trapped by floods in Austria. In Austria, Winds of up to 146 kilometres per hour were recorded in the south of the country and rainfall of up to 170 litres of water per square metre in the north of the country. Rail traffic was disrupted overnight from Saturday to Sunday in parts of the country, while the metro in the capital Vienna was partially closed due to the bad weather. In the region of the country worst hit by the storm, Lower Austria (northeast), residents are currently trapped in their homes. “Hydrologists are predicting extremely heavy rains in the coming hours, up to 60 millimeters,” warned his vice-governor Stephan Pernkopf. “This is already causing and will cause massive flooding,” he told the APA agency.
Evacuations in the Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic, nearly 50,000 homes were without electricity on Saturday, the electricity company CEZ said, while a hospital in the city of Brno (southeast) was evacuated. The region of Moravia (northeast) declared a state of emergency. “The ground is now saturated, which means that all rainwater will remain on the surface,” said Environment Minister Petr Hladik on X. In Slovenia, after two days of incessant rain, fields are waterlogged and villages flooded.