Floods in central Europe force residents of a Polish city to flee.
A Polish city's mayor has ordered all 44,000 citizens to leave as massive flooding continues to cause havoc throughout central Europe.
Mayor of Nysa Kordian Kolbiarz advised residents to seek higher ground due to the possibility of an embankment failing and a neighboring lake's water cascade flooding the town.
At least 16 people had died as a result of the flooding that occurred over the weekend, with seven of the deaths being confirmed in Romania on Monday. Poland, the Czech Republic, and Austria also reported casualties.
Budapest announced that it would block roads adjacent to the Danube, which flows through the capital of Hungary, due to the possibility of flooding later this week.
Please take yourself, your loved ones, and your belongings with you. It is worthwhile to reach the building's top floor right away because the wave could be several meters high. Thus, the entire town will be submerged under water, as stated by Nysa Mayor Kolbiarz.
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, announced that Poland would apply for EU relief money in addition to allocating one billion zloty (£197 million) for flood victims in the nation. A state of natural disaster has also been declared by his government.
While some areas have seen stability, others are preparing for additional disruption and risk due to the floods caused by Storm Boris.
The Danube River overflowed in Slovakia, causing flooding in the Old Town neighborhood of the capital city of Bratislava. According to local media, the water level surpassed nine meters (30 feet) and was predicted to surge even higher.
Hungary is preparing for flooding in the next few days. There are cautions in effect for 500 kilometers (310 miles) of the Danube. The mayor of Budapest is offering the people one million sandbags as protection from floodwaters because the Danube is rising by approximately one meter every 24 hours.
Beginning on Monday night, the Hungarian capital's riverfront roadways will be blocked and certain tram lines will not run. There have also been cancellations of trains between Budapest and Vienna.
On X, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that he has delayed fulfilling all of his diplomatic commitments "because of the severe weather and the ongoing flooding in Hungary."
The Czech Republic has had the greatest total rainfall. Five times the median for each month of rainfall, or 473 mm (19 in), had fallen in the northeastern town of Jesenik since Thursday morning.
Bottles of drinking water were brought to the trapped villages by the Czech fire department, and residents were advised not to consume the water from their taps or wells because it was probably highly contaminated.
Four days have saw more rain fall in the Austrian town of St Polten than in the entire 1950 autumn, which was the wettest on record.
The military has been sent to storm-affected areas, according to Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
A €300 million (£253 million) recovery fund would be made available, according to Austria's Climate Ministry.
With fewer than two weeks to go until the national elections on September 29, most parties stopped running for office. In eastern Romania, towns and villages were underwater.
The media was informed by Emil Dragomir, the mayor of Slobozia Conachi, that the flooding had a disastrous effect. "If you were here as well you would be weeping instantly, because people are anxious, their whole life' job is gone, there were people who survived with just what clothes that they had on," he stated.
In Poland, thousands of people have been evacuated, including hospital staff and patients from the town of Nysa. In many regions of the nation, rail service has been interrupted and major disruptions have occurred to the roads.
The town of Paczków, in southwest Poland, was put in danger on Monday morning when water started spilling over a neighboring reservoir, prompting the mayor to issue an evacuation order.
However, local officials report that water rates are now dropping in other parts of Poland. Michal Piszko, the mayor of Klodzko City, informed the Polish media that the water had subsided and that it appeared the worst was now behind them. The city center's streets, which were flooded on Sunday, were dry as of Monday morning, but the video also showed how much damage had been done to the buildings.
After that, where is Storm Boris going?
More rain is predicted for Austria, the Czech Republic, and southeast Germany on Monday and Tuesday; an additional 100 mm may fall there.
Even while it might yet take several days for the floodwaters to recede, central Europe will see significantly drier weather starting in the middle of the week.
But now, Storm Boris will head even farther south into Italy, where it will develop once more and dump a lot of rain. Rainfall in the Emilia-Romagna area is expected to range from 100 to 150 mm.
A multitude of variables, including climate change, have contributed to the record rainfall that has been observed across central Europe.
Warm air from the Mediterranean met extremely cold air from the Arctic to form a "perfect storm" due to a combination of various climatic factors. Another factor contributing to Storm Boris' extended stationary state was a pattern of air pressure.
According to scientists, heavier rainfall results from a warmer atmosphere that retains more moisture. Additionally, increased evaporation from warmer waters fuels storm systems. The atmosphere can contain around 7% extra moisture for every 1C increase in the average the worldwide temperature.
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