00:30Mandatory credit: Inna Patoka
The River Bala raged through the southwestern Polish town of Glucholazy on Sunday as Storm Boris battered central and eastern Europe with torrential rains.
Footage shows ground-floor apartments submerged after the River Bala spilt over into the streets.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed on Sunday morning the first death by drowning in Klodzko county on the Polish-Czech border. 1,600 people were evacuated in the region at the time of publication.
Tusk urged residents not to 'underestimate the level of threat' and 'refuse to evacuate' amid warnings of further flooding and heavy rainfall in Poland and southern Germany.
Up to 45mm of rain can be expected from Sunday morning until Monday in the southern Lubuskie province, according to the Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management.
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.
Street inundated with water in Poland’s Glucholazy as Storm Boris sweeps over Europe
The River Bala raged through the southwestern Polish town of Glucholazy on Sunday as Storm Boris battered central and eastern Europe with torrential rains.
Footage shows ground-floor apartments submerged after the River Bala spilt over into the streets.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed on Sunday morning the first death by drowning in Klodzko county on the Polish-Czech border. 1,600 people were evacuated in the region at the time of publication.
Tusk urged residents not to 'underestimate the level of threat' and 'refuse to evacuate' amid warnings of further flooding and heavy rainfall in Poland and southern Germany.
Up to 45mm of rain can be expected from Sunday morning until Monday in the southern Lubuskie province, according to the Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management.
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.
Mandatory credit: Inna Patoka
The River Bala raged through the southwestern Polish town of Glucholazy on Sunday as Storm Boris battered central and eastern Europe with torrential rains.
Footage shows ground-floor apartments submerged after the River Bala spilt over into the streets.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed on Sunday morning the first death by drowning in Klodzko county on the Polish-Czech border. 1,600 people were evacuated in the region at the time of publication.
Tusk urged residents not to 'underestimate the level of threat' and 'refuse to evacuate' amid warnings of further flooding and heavy rainfall in Poland and southern Germany.
Up to 45mm of rain can be expected from Sunday morning until Monday in the southern Lubuskie province, according to the Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management.
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.