Central Europe flood deaths rise as citizens race to build defences
Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood waters that have wreaked havoc across central Europe began to rise in new areas and the Czech Republic reported another death.
Flood Defences Hold Firm in Wroclaw Amid Central Europe's Worst Floods in Decades
Wroclaw's flood defences have held up amidst the worst flooding in central Europe in decades. The city faced significant flood risks from the Polish-Czech border wave, but severe damage was averted. However,
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.
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
Central Europe experiencing worst floods in at least two decades
Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and and the deaths of at least 23 people so far.
'Our plan worked': How Vienna defended itself from a 5,000-year flood
Storm Boris is the latest deluge in one of the most flood-plagued periods in Europe in the past 500 years, but one city ...
Polish army helicopters join flood defence effort
Polish army helicopter pilots have been putting skills they learned preparing for combat into fighting floods that have left ...
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Govt provides £19m for Burnley flood defences after costs double
Work has paused on the flood risk management project for Padiham after the price tag went up from £18m to £37m – but with ...
Flood victims asked to shape future defences
Residents are being asked to help shape flood prevention plans after severe weather battered their area in May. Cumberland ...
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Government official: Flood defence capabilities lot more developed than in 2013
Although Hungary is facing the biggest flood since the one in 2013 it has a lot more developed flood defence capabilities ...
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Prague Braces for Severe Flooding with Reinforced Defences
Prague is installing flood defences as extreme rainfall warnings are issued across the Czech Republic, including the capital.
Street's £2.5m flood defence scheme completed
A £2.5m project to reduce the risk of flooding on a residential street has been completed. The scheme by the Environment ...
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Europe floods: Death toll reaches 23 as flood wave peaks in Wrocław
At least 23 people have now died in Europe's flood disaster as the Polish city of Wrocław sees the level of the Oder river ...
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Magyar: Volunteers key to success of flood defence
Without the hard work of tens of thousands of volunteers, flood defences "wouldn't work anywhere", the opposition Tisza Party ...
Poland's third-largest city looks to have withstood flood wave
By Barbara Erling WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) -Flood defences in Poland's third-largest city Wroclaw looked to have held firm ...