Four more people were still missing in the Czech Republic. Thousands of people had to be evacuated in the regions, hundreds of thousands were without electricity, and roads and train routes had to be closed.
The most devastating floods were reported in southwest Poland, northeast Czech Republic and Romania. Entire towns and villages were under water and fire services had to respond to thousands of calls.
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“We are going under”
In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who was traveling in the flood-affected areas in the southwest, confirmed the death of a person in Poland on Sunday. “We have a first death by drowning in the Klodzko region” on the Polish-Czech border, he said.
In southwest Poland, flooding from the Biala River has overflowed the embankments and dams in the towns of Glucholazy and Ladek Zdroj. “We are sinking,” said the mayor of Glucholazy, calling on residents to seek safety. Thousands of people had to be evacuated. The basement of the local hospital was flooded, according to a nurse. Authorities called in the army for help. Train traffic between Poland and the Czech Republic has been suspended, the PAP news agency reported. The Polish-Czech border crossing at Golkowice had already been closed on Saturday.
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Swept away by water masses
In the Czech Republic, four people were swept away by the floods and are reported missing. Police reported that three people in a car were swept away by a river in the town of Lipova-Lazne in the northeast of the country. A man was swept away by floodwaters from a stream in the southeast.
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