Central Europe braces for further flooding as swollen rivers continue to rise

Deadly Storm Boris has dumped up to five times average September rainfall in four daysStorm Boris batters central Europe - in picturesAs swollen rivers continued to rise, volunteers and emergency workers in towns and cities across a swathe of central Europe were reinforcing defences against floods that have killed at least 21 people in four countries.Storm Boris has dumped up to five times the average September rainfall on parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in four days, submerging entire neighbourhoods and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. Continue reading...