Climate change is influencing extreme weather events like the flooding across six countries that has led to mass evacuations of cities as the waters continue to rise.

Eastern Germany is bracing for floods as the catastrophic rains hitting its Central European neighbours threaten to spill over the German border. Authorities in the state of Saxony said on Sunday that the level of the Elbe river in Schöna,

Based on estimates from local officials, the damage to infrastructure could reach a combined $10 billion in these two countries alone. Poland's finance minister said the $5.6 billion allotted from EU funds would cover some, but not all of the costs to recover from the floods.