Entire city evacuated after floods, 7 die in wildfires as extreme weather sweeps Europe
Swaths of Europe have been battered by deadly extreme weather, as rivers threaten to burst their banks in central Europe following torrential rainfall, and wildfires tear through Portugal.
Central European floods leave trail of devastation; new areas to evacuate
Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as nearby municipalities advised residents to evacuate and authorities across central Europe tallied the cost of floods that have wreaked havoc and killed at least 22 people.
Rising rivers threaten southern Poland as flooding recedes elsewhere in Central Europe
Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe.
Extreme weather: Flooding and wildfires across Europe
The Polish city of Wroclaw and the German city of Dresden have begun preparations for flooding following a weather disaster that has killed 20 people. DW has the latest.
Deadly floods in central Europe swirl towards Poland's historic Wroclaw
By Janis Laizans and Radovan Stoklasa NYSA, Poland/OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) -Poland's historic city of Wroclaw readied buses for possible evacuations on Tuesday and the zoo called for volunteers to protect animals from rising water as the death toll in three days of devastating floods across central Europe rose to 21.
Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce their river banks ahead of more flooding in central Europe
Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes.
Chaos in Poland as entire city ordered to evacuate with floods battering central Europe
The mayor of Nysa, Poland, has urged all 44,000 residents to evacuate as severe floods have been battering central Europe over the past few days. Mayor Kolbiarz wrote: "Please evacuate your belongings,
With Sandbags and Team Spirit, a Polish City Fought Off a Flood
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NYSA building dealing with flooding
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Imperilled Polish town battles to save dyke as flood waters close in
In south-west Poland, communities were rallying on Tuesday morning to combat severe flooding threatening the town of Nysa.
Flood-hit Central Europe fortifies towns as waters and death toll rise
By Janis Laizans NYSA, Poland (Reuters) -Volunteers shored up defences to stem swollen rivers in the Polish city of Nysa on ...
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'Catastrophic' floods sweep through Central Europe, leaving seven dead and others missing
A firefighter in Austria is among those killed as torrential rain caused by Storm Boris continues to wreak havoc across Central and Eastern Europe.
'Is she drunk': Nysa holds her phone close to ear despite wearing headphone; gets trolled
Nysa Devgn was spotted getting out of the airport. While walking towards her car, she was talking on the phone. Fans noticed ...
Polish town saved by sandbags as central Europe fights back floods
Residents describe how a human chain in this Polish town created a sandbag wall to fight floods:::: Nysa, Poland:: Grzegorz ...
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Locals Told to Get Out Instead Rushed to Save Their City
"Please evacuate your belongings, yourselves, your loved ones." That was the message earlier this week from Kordian Kolbiarz, ...