Rivers burst banks in Poland, Czech Republic, amid heavy rains - VOA News.

At least four people have died, thousands of homes have been damaged, and hundreds of others evacuated after flooding in Central and Eastern Europe Saturday, as surging river levels put authorities on alert in much of central and eastern Europe, following days of torrential rain.

Five people in eastern Romania were found dead after torrential rainstorms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said Saturday.

Rescue services scrambled to save people in the hard-hit eastern counties of Galati and Vaslui. The bodies of three elderly women and two men were found in the localities of Pechea, Draguseni, Costache Negri and Corod, the Department for Emergency Situations said.

Authorities later added that one of the victims had been dead for two days and “did not die due to the effects of the weather” but from other causes.

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