Central Europe is miserable because of the worst flood in the last decade

Central European countries are facing the worst floods in more than a decade, killing at least 12 people and causing serious economic losses.

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The basin along the Elbe River stretching from the Czech Republic to Germany has turned into a sea of ​​muddy water.

In divided villages, only boats and helicopters were accessible, houses were flooded to the roof.

This situation also occurs in areas along the Danube River - the country has overflowed in southern Germany, the Republic of Austria and is threatening to cause disaster in Hungary, where it is predicted that the water level will peak in those. upcoming day.

In Germany, floods cause economic losses estimated at 173 million euros. In less than a week, the German Prime Minister has twice visited the area affected by the flood.

Flood in Germany.(Photo: Foxnews)

In northeastern Germany, thousands of volunteers - most of them mobilized through the media - along with 85,000 firefighters, relief workers and soldiers have loaded millions of sand sacks to protect the system. dyke system, preventing flood water from rising, from 2 to 8m.

June 6 in Dresden, the flood level reached 8.75m, engulfing thousands of houses in the suburbs.

Meanwhile, the city of Bitterfeld in Saxony-anhalt state is concerned about the possibility of breaking two large lakes close together that will create a "small tsunami" for this city.

In the Czech Republic, in five days, floods killed 8 people, about 20,000 people were evacuated. Aid workers have to use rubber boats to support isolated and lacking families who are short of drinking, electricity and gas.

Meanwhile, in addition to dealing with floods, robbery also began to rage at the industrial center Usti nad Labem.

In Slovakia, the Bratislava city government declared a state of emergency on June 4. Meanwhile, the town of Devin, in the capital city of Bratislava, had to order the evacuation of the people due to high water levels on the afternoon of June 6, to more than 1m.

Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, said the town of Devin could face a historic flood for hundreds of years. The mayor of this town, Lubica Kolkova, said the erected flood barrier could withstand the 1.1m high water level.

Meanwhile, the water level of the Danube in the center of this town has reached 1,026m on the evening of June 5. Some roads have been stopped due to flooding and the military has to use trucks to secure traffic in this area.

In Austria, two people were killed by floods. In the town of Korneuburg, north of Vienna, the Danube water level reached a record high of 8.06m. While near Nussdopf, 120 tourists were stuck on the train in the middle of the Danube.

In Hungary, the government established a "disaster response group" with 10,000 volunteers, and mobilized nearly 12,000 police and soldiers.

The city of Budapest is strengthening measures to cope with the "water wall" from the Danube river that will flow through the city and into the Black Sea.