European statistics: 16 people have already died due to floods

At least 16 people have died in floods in Central and Eastern Europe. Authorities in the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria have warned that the worst may be yet to come.

The Guardian reports this.

The death toll in Poland has risen to five, including a surgeon who drowned on his way home from work in the southwestern town of Nysa. Four more people died in the southern towns of Bielsko-Biała and Lądek-Zdrój.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has already declared a state of emergency in the flooded areas and announced the creation of an emergency fund.

In Austria, the media reported two men, aged 70 and 80, who drowned in their own homes in cities in the northeastern state of Lower Austria, which was declared a disaster area. In one district of the state, 12 dams have already burst, and thousands of households have been left without power and water.

But in the Czech Republic, a woman drowned near the city of Bruntal, and seven more people are missing. In total, services have evacuated at least 12,000 people across the country – 207 districts have been hit by flooding, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.

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Over the past weekend, people were found dead in Romania – seven people.

Rainfall was expected to ease in many areas today, September 16, but with some rivers unlikely to reach their peak levels for several days, several major cities have braced for potentially catastrophic flooding.

Budapest, Hungary, Bratislava, Slovakia and Wroclaw, Poland are bracing for rising water levels.

Flooding has begun in Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria amid heavy rainfall.

Several towns in Poland are being evacuated. Around 17,000 people are experiencing power outages.

A bridge has collapsed in the historic Polish town of Glucholazy near the Czech border. A dam has burst in the mountain town of Strony Śląski.

River levels are rising in the Czech Republic. A quarter of a million homes are without power. In Austria, heavy rainfall is forecast to cause landslides.

Ukraine has announced that it is ready to send units of the State Emergency Service to six European countries affected by flooding.

More rain and strong winds are forecast until at least September 16.

Prepared by: Nina Petrovich