Central Europe hit by worst floods in two decades
September 17, 20242 Mins Read
International Desk: Residents of several areas of Poland and Czech Republic were running for safe shelter on Monday. Because Central European countries have been hit by the worst floods in more than two decades.

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Border regions between the Czech Republic and Poland were hit hard by flooding over the weekend. Because it has been raining heavily since last week. Some bridges collapsed and cars and houses were damaged due to rising water levels. At least 17 people have died in floods in the past few days in countries from Romania to Poland.

On Monday afternoon local time, the mayor of Nysa, a city of 40,000 in southern Poland, urged residents to evacuate quickly. Flooding occurred in the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava, on the banks of the confluence of the Odra and Opava rivers. This resulted in the evacuation of hundreds of people from the city as well as other residential areas.

Seventy percent of the Czech city of Litovel was under one meter of water on Monday.

Jerzy Adamczyk, 70, from the Polish town of Ladek, told Reuters: 'The apocalypse... it has literally uprooted everything, because we don't have a single bridge left. At Ladakh, all bridges have disappeared. We are virtually cut off from the world.'

The Polish government has declared a state of natural disaster in the affected areas and said it has allocated $260 million to help those affected.

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Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was in contact with the leaders of other affected countries and they would ask the European Union for financial help.