Europe floods: EU plans €10 billion aid for affected members

• EU Commissioner von der Leyen has announced €10 cardinal successful assistance for affected member-states, during a gathering successful the Polish metropolis of Wroclaw
• The 3rd largest metropolis successful Poland has been readying for the rising waters
• The decease toll presently stands astatine 24

Here is simply a summary of utmost upwind hitting Europe connected Thursday, September 19, 2024:

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EU allocates €10 cardinal for flood-hit countries

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced connected Thursday a €10 billion ($11 billion) money to enactment EU subordinate states devastated by the floods caused by Storm Boris. 

"At archetypal show 10 cardinal euros are imaginable to mobilize from the cohesion funds for the countries that are affected. This is an exigency absorption now," von der Leyen said successful the Polish metropolis of Wroclaw, alongside leaders of 4 flood-stricken nations. 

She besides expressed her heavy sympathy for the affected regions, saying: "It was heartbreaking for maine to spot the demolition and devastation done the floods."

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Germany offers subject assistance to Poland

Germanyhas offered to nonstop soldiers to Polandto assistance successful areas affected by terrible flooding, the Defense Ministry told the German DPA quality agency.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed the German support.

"So if you spot German soldiers, delight don't panic. This is help. Just truthful determination are nary doubts," Tusk said. His comments were successful reference to Nazi Germany's penetration of Poland successful 1939, which person prompted anti-German sentiment inactive contiguous today.

Poland has been dealing with dense flooding, peculiarly successful the southwest, and presently has astir 16,000 soldiers deployed to grip the crisis.

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Austria harm owed to floods volition instrumentality years to repair, politician says

Reconstruction aft the recent floods in Austria volition instrumentality "years" and volition necessitate "national solidarity," the politician of the authorities of Lower Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, said.

Approximately 300 buildings stay uninhabitable successful Lower Austria, portion authorities are inactive incapable to afloat measure the full damage.

The national authorities has accrued the catastrophe alleviation money to €1 cardinal ($1.1 billion) to repair infrastructure and backstage properties.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer volition be a gathering successful Poland with different European leaders to coordinate European Union assistance and improve flood extortion measures for the future.

Flood conditions person started to amended arsenic h2o levels successful Central Europe are receding.

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Homes evacuated successful bluish Italy

About 1,000 residents successful the bluish Italian state of Emilia-Romagna person been evacuated from their homes aft terrible overnight flooding.

Rivers flooded successful 3 regions — Ravenna, Bologna and Faenza — with section mayors asking radical to enactment connected the precocious floors oregon wantonness their houses.

At slightest 800 residents successful Ravenna and astir 200 successful Bologna spent the nighttime successful makeshift accommodation. They sheltered successful schools and sports centers.

Trains were suspended and schools closed successful the affected areas.

Faenza had been recovering from the devastating floods that hit the wider state successful May 2023, sidesplitting 17 radical and causing billions of euros successful damages.

Faenza Mayor Massimo Isola told authorities broadcaster RAI that, arsenic a result, the metropolis had prepared for flooding.

"The nighttime was dramatic, we waited for the stream flood to transverse the city," said Isola.

"It roseate truly adjacent to the limit, but acknowledgment to the works done implicit the past twelvemonth we managed to debar an overflow successful the halfway of the city."

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Poland's Wroclaw readies for flooding

Poland's third-largest city, Wroclaw, is preparing for peaking floods, with aboriginal indications connected Thursday showing its defenses are holding. 

The alarm comes aft cardinal Europe experienced it worst flooding successful astatine slightest 2 decades.

A flood question had already deed the Polish-Czech borderline aft the weekend. 

"It is excessively aboriginal to denote that the flood successful Wroclaw has been overcome," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a gathering with a situation team.

"I would similar that we clasp connected nervously and effort to guess... the summation successful the authorities of rivers arsenic accurately arsenic possible."

The Polish service says immoderate 16,000 soldiers are helping retired successful the region, on with constabulary and thousands of volunteers.

Tusk was acceptable to conscionable European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and different leaders of states deed by the flooding.

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Death toll rises crossed Europe

At slightest 24 radical present person died successful the floods, including 5 successful the Czech Republic, 7 successful Poland, 7 successful Romania, and 5 successful Austria.

Strong wind and dense rains person been hitting the portion since past week.

The leaders of 4 countries deed by Storm Boris are acceptable to conscionable European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen successful Poland to sermon assistance for the flood-hit region.

rc/sms (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)