Reuters reported on September 17 that a month’s worth of rain is devastating central Europe with mass flooding with the death toll being at 21 people and at least 15,000 have been evacuated in the Czech Republic. CNN has reported that the storm has hit Austria, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has already dispatched ‘$260 million in emergency aid for the hardest hit regions.’ Reuters also reported, ‘flooding has killed seven people in Romania, where waters have receded since the weekend, six in Poland, five in Austria, and three in the Czech Republic. Tens of thousands of Czech and Polish households were still without power or fresh water.’ 

The Czech-Polish border has been reported by Reuters to have experienced the worst thus far with ‘gushing, debris-filled rivers devastated historic towns, collapsing bridges and destroying houses.’ CNN reported that there has been major concern for the Czech city Litovlje ‘where 80% of buildings are submerged.’