Europe floods: Poland's Wroclaw braces for flood wave

• The 3rd largest metropolis successful Poland has been readying for the rising waters
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is acceptable to conscionable different European leaders to sermon the response
• 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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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)