Drone footage shows the extent of the flooding in Lewin Brzesk, Poland, as emergency services drove speedboats down the flooded streets evacuating people to safety.
Townspeople waded through water that was up to their waists in some places, as elsewhere in central Europe residents counted the cost of floods that have wreaked havoc and killed at least 21 people.
The deluge has left a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland, and while waters were receding in many areas, others were nervously waiting for rivers to burst their banks.
In Lewin Brzeski, around 60 kilometers south of Wroclaw, flood waters had already arrived and continued to rise.
Poland’s Minister for Funds and Regional Development, Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, said 1.5 billion zlotys ($390.46 million) from Poland’s European Union funds would be redirected to reconstruction, with another 3.5 billion zlotys potentially allocated to building embankments, reservoirs and dams.
