Poland, floods
Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce river banks ahead of more flooding in Central Europe
Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe,
Hungary and Poland bolster river defences as flood’s death toll and damage rise
Poland has created a crisis fund equivalent to €468 million to respond to the floods, while the Czech government plans to rejig its budget to account for damage estimated at a potential $4 billion (€3.6 billion) and Austria has tripled its disaster fund to more than €1 billion.
Europe floods death toll rises after torrential rain in Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Hungary
The extreme rainfall and flooding is the worst central and eastern Europe has seen in at least two decades, with several more people missing and there are fears it's going to get worse
Soldiers and volunteers battle to reinforce Poland and Hungary's river banks after severe floods
Polish officials expect more floods to peak around Friday in southern regions, though some predict it will happen sooner. | ITV National News
Rising rivers threaten southern Poland as flooding recedes elsewhere in Central Europe
Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe
Residents in Poland's Wroclaw fortify riverbanks amid flood threat
Lines of people in Wroclaw passed sandbags to secure river banks and to protect buildings in the Polish city of Wroclaw on Wednesday.
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