٠٠:٠١:٥٠Cleanup efforts were underway in the town of Glucholazy in Poland's Opole region on Thursday as devastating floods continued across Eastern and Central Europe.
Footage shows emergency workers removing debris using heavy machinery underneath a collapsed bridge, while rescuers and residents were seen clearing debris from homes and shovelling away mud.
As a result of the flooding, the city has lost two of its three bridges last weekend prompting the army to build a makeshift crossing over the Biala Glucholazka river. The damages amounted to 60 million euros according to media reports.
The leaders of the four countries most affected by Storm Boris met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Wroclaw on Thursday to discuss EU aid to the region affected by the floods - and were promised 'billions' in aid from the bloc.
Severe rainfalls have caused significant damage to infrastructure in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with more than 23 fatalities reported so far.
The floods have left tens of thousands of households without electricity and water.
The current floods are some of the worst the continent has seen since 1997, when 54 people died and 162,000 were forced to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Collapsed bridges, ravaged homes - Rescue, cleanup underway in southern Poland as heavy floods continue
Cleanup efforts were underway in the town of Glucholazy in Poland's Opole region on Thursday as devastating floods continued across Eastern and Central Europe.
Footage shows emergency workers removing debris using heavy machinery underneath a collapsed bridge, while rescuers and residents were seen clearing debris from homes and shovelling away mud.
As a result of the flooding, the city has lost two of its three bridges last weekend prompting the army to build a makeshift crossing over the Biala Glucholazka river. The damages amounted to 60 million euros according to media reports.
The leaders of the four countries most affected by Storm Boris met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Wroclaw on Thursday to discuss EU aid to the region affected by the floods - and were promised 'billions' in aid from the bloc.
Severe rainfalls have caused significant damage to infrastructure in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with more than 23 fatalities reported so far.
The floods have left tens of thousands of households without electricity and water.
The current floods are some of the worst the continent has seen since 1997, when 54 people died and 162,000 were forced to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Cleanup efforts were underway in the town of Glucholazy in Poland's Opole region on Thursday as devastating floods continued across Eastern and Central Europe.
Footage shows emergency workers removing debris using heavy machinery underneath a collapsed bridge, while rescuers and residents were seen clearing debris from homes and shovelling away mud.
As a result of the flooding, the city has lost two of its three bridges last weekend prompting the army to build a makeshift crossing over the Biala Glucholazka river. The damages amounted to 60 million euros according to media reports.
The leaders of the four countries most affected by Storm Boris met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Wroclaw on Thursday to discuss EU aid to the region affected by the floods - and were promised 'billions' in aid from the bloc.
Severe rainfalls have caused significant damage to infrastructure in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with more than 23 fatalities reported so far.
The floods have left tens of thousands of households without electricity and water.
The current floods are some of the worst the continent has seen since 1997, when 54 people died and 162,000 were forced to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.