Intense flooding caused by heavy rain across central Europe has killed at least 15 people, with more rivers bursting their banks on Monday. More than 12,000 people have been evacuated in the Czech Republic,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Massive floods pounded Central Europe on Monday, killing four more people in Poland and one in the Czech Republic.

The first villages were evacuated in the Czech Republic and Poland, and communities in Austria have been declared disaster areas. In Romania, at least four people died in the floods after heavy rainfall. Emergency forces in the Czech Republic and Poland, along with parts of Austria, have been preparing for severe weather since Friday.

Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe

Poland has declared a state of disaster in the area and set aside 1 billion zlotys ($260.38 million) for flood victims. Overnight, volunteers helped rescue workers heave sandbags to build up the broken embankment around Nysa,

By Kuba Stezycki, Janis Laizans and Radovan Stoklasa WROCLAW, Poland/OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) -Volunteers and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in Poland's historic city of Wroclaw on Tuesday,

The death toll from extreme weather and flooding in central and eastern Europe has risen to 22. Authorities said that there more deaths were reported in Poland and one in Austria in the wake of Storm Boris.

The extreme rainfall and flooding is the worst central and eastern Europe has seen in at least two decades, with several more people missing and there are fears it's going to get worse

Danube’s waters continue to rise in in Slovakia and Hungary, with parts of Austria and Romania inundated after heavy rains