01:36Torrents of water were seen raging through Vienna on Sunday as the Wien River threatened to burst its banks as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains.
Footage shows locals taking refuge from the downpour as water swells around bridges and flows onto railway tracks.
A firefighter died while draining a flooded basement in the Lower Austria region, according to the fire department. Authorities declared the region a natural disaster zone.
Swathes of Austria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic have been battered by heavy rains and strong winds since Thursday, triggering flood warnings and evacuations.
Four people have reportedly died in Romania, while one person drowned in Poland, and four remain missing in the Czech Republic. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes across the continent.
The flooding has revived fears of a repeat of the catastrophic 1997 floods that claimed 54 lives and forced 162,000 people to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
River threatens to overflow as Europe’s deadly floods reach Vienna
Torrents of water were seen raging through Vienna on Sunday as the Wien River threatened to burst its banks as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains.
Footage shows locals taking refuge from the downpour as water swells around bridges and flows onto railway tracks.
A firefighter died while draining a flooded basement in the Lower Austria region, according to the fire department. Authorities declared the region a natural disaster zone.
Swathes of Austria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic have been battered by heavy rains and strong winds since Thursday, triggering flood warnings and evacuations.
Four people have reportedly died in Romania, while one person drowned in Poland, and four remain missing in the Czech Republic. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes across the continent.
The flooding has revived fears of a repeat of the catastrophic 1997 floods that claimed 54 lives and forced 162,000 people to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Torrents of water were seen raging through Vienna on Sunday as the Wien River threatened to burst its banks as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains.
Footage shows locals taking refuge from the downpour as water swells around bridges and flows onto railway tracks.
A firefighter died while draining a flooded basement in the Lower Austria region, according to the fire department. Authorities declared the region a natural disaster zone.
Swathes of Austria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic have been battered by heavy rains and strong winds since Thursday, triggering flood warnings and evacuations.
Four people have reportedly died in Romania, while one person drowned in Poland, and four remain missing in the Czech Republic. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes across the continent.
The flooding has revived fears of a repeat of the catastrophic 1997 floods that claimed 54 lives and forced 162,000 people to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.