Death Toll Rises to 18 in Central Europe Floods

The mayor of one Polish town urged all 44,000 residents to evacuate owing to the increasing risk of an embankment breach from Storm Boris.

A drone view shows a flooded area in Piszkowice, Poland, in this still image from a social media video taken on Sept. 15, 2024. Mariusz Kula/via Reuters

Flooding across central Europe has claimed the lives of at least 18 people, prompting some countries to declare a state of natural disaster and deploy troops.

Since Sept. 13, Storm Boris has caused rivers to swell across Central and Eastern Europe, including in Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.