02:55Local authorities continued to evacuate residents in the cities of Olawa and Lewin Brzeski, in Lower Silesia region, as heaving flooding continued throughout central Europe.
Footage filmed on Wednesday features rescuers transporting locals on dinghies, while military personnel and volunteers can be seen filling bags with sand and piling them up to create temporary dams.
Floods have caused severe damage in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with more than 20 fatalities reported. The natural disaster has left tens of thousands of households without electricity and fresh water.
The current flooding in central Europe is some of the worst since 1997, when 54 people were killed and 162,000 forced to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Evacuation continues, temporary dams created as severe flood wreaks havoc across southwestern Poland
Local authorities continued to evacuate residents in the cities of Olawa and Lewin Brzeski, in Lower Silesia region, as heaving flooding continued throughout central Europe.
Footage filmed on Wednesday features rescuers transporting locals on dinghies, while military personnel and volunteers can be seen filling bags with sand and piling them up to create temporary dams.
Floods have caused severe damage in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with more than 20 fatalities reported. The natural disaster has left tens of thousands of households without electricity and fresh water.
The current flooding in central Europe is some of the worst since 1997, when 54 people were killed and 162,000 forced to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Local authorities continued to evacuate residents in the cities of Olawa and Lewin Brzeski, in Lower Silesia region, as heaving flooding continued throughout central Europe.
Footage filmed on Wednesday features rescuers transporting locals on dinghies, while military personnel and volunteers can be seen filling bags with sand and piling them up to create temporary dams.
Floods have caused severe damage in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Hungary, with more than 20 fatalities reported. The natural disaster has left tens of thousands of households without electricity and fresh water.
The current flooding in central Europe is some of the worst since 1997, when 54 people were killed and 162,000 forced to evacuate in Poland and the Czech Republic.