WARSAW (Reuters) – Deaths from large floods in southwest Poland this month have risen to 9, police mentioned, reporting two extra our bodies discovered within the clean-up.
A minimum of 26 individuals died throughout central Europe within the worst floods to hit the area in a minimum of twenty years this month.
The flooding left a path of destruction from Romania to Poland, spreading mud and particles in cities, destroying bridges, submerging automobiles and leaving authorities and house owners with a invoice for damages that can run into billions of {dollars}.
“Within the Klodzko County and within the Nysa County, throughout clean-up operations after the flood, two our bodies had been found,” Polish police mentioned on social media platform X late on Thursday.
“Identification actions are ongoing. The circumstances of loss of life point out that this can be the eighth and ninth victims whose loss of life occurred within the areas affected by the flood.”