As Storm Boris’s deluge of rain continued to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe, one person drowned in Poland and one firefighter died during a flood rescue in Austria.
Five people have passed away in Romania, and several more in the Czech Republic are still missing.
The leaders of the Austrian province that encircles Vienna have referred to “an unprecedented extreme situation” and declared it a disaster area.
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, proclaimed a natural disaster.