Dam Bursts Unleash Catastrophic Floods Across Eastern Europe

Roughly 5,000 homes were flooded in Romania’s Galati region alone, sparking massive evacuation efforts

At minimum six individuals have perished as reservoirs fail to contain floodwaters in eastern Europe.

Murky waters have been recorded carrying debris half a storey high as they surge through towns and villages in the country's south west.

Aerial footage reveals entire settlements submerged.

This includes the Kłodzko Valley, where the initial demise by submersion was confirmed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk this morning.

One individual who documented flooding in Stronie Śląskie, a settlement near the Czech border, stated: 'A calamitous hydrological situation with an overflowing and compromised retention reservoir nearby.'

At least four individuals were killed in Romania, and a firefighter has perished in Austria while responding to the flash floods engulfing much of central and eastern Europe.

One man is unaccounted for after being carried away in Czechia where another reservoir ruptured and three individuals in a vehicle were swept into a watercourse.

The deluges were triggered by the torrential rains of Storm Boris.

It's damaged thousands of dwellings across Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.

Rescue teams have had to evacuate and retrieve thousands of individuals trapped by flooding in the worst affected areas.

It is a 'calamity of epic proportions', according to Emil Dragomir, mayor of Slobozia Conachi, a village in eastern Romania, where 700 dwellings were flooded.

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