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At least 11 dead in European floods
2010-08-09 14:13:08.654 GMT
LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Flash floods have killed as many
as 11 people in parts of Poland, Germany and the Czech
Republic, officials said.
Hammering rains slammed parts of Europe over the weekend,
isolating some towns and villages, washing out bridges,
swamping roads and bursting a dam, London's Financial Times
reported Monday.
A Polish firefighter said the scene in Bogatynia, in
southwestern Poland, was "apocalyptic." Much of the town of
20,000 was flooded when the Miedzianka River crested, killing
one victim, he said.
Another five people died in the northern Czeh Republic and
three were missing, and three died in the German town of
Neukirchen, the report said.
The weekend storms mark the third time this year that the
region has been hit by flooding.
Both Poland and the Czech Republic offered to provide
financial aid to those affected by the flooding.
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