As Storm Boris draws to a close, it leaves chaos and devastation in parts of Europe.
ITALY
In Italya thousand people were evacuated from schools and sports centres after torrential rains.
Rivers overflowed, and authorities urged residents to move to the upper floors of their homes or leave altogether.
The region of Emilia-Romagna is the most affected, particularly cities such as Rimini, Ravenna and Bologna.
The remains of the storm are moving westwards, particularly towards the Genoa region this Friday, but the rains are expected to gradually ease.
Czech Republic
In Czech Republicnew areas are under threat as massive flooding continues.
The Minister of the Interior, Lives in Rakusansaid another person was killed in the hard-hit northeast of the country, bringing the death toll to five.
Helicopters delivered humanitarian aid while soldiers and emergency services took part in clean-up and recovery operations in the worst-affected villages.
Poland
In Poland, the inhabitants of the city of Klodzkoin the southwest of the country, have begun cleaning up the damage caused by a river whose level almost tripled at the height of the storm.
According to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the situation in Kłodzko is the most dramatic in the entire country.
Donald Tusk also announced the dispatch of additional soldiers to the disaster areas.
“500 soldiers in Kłodzko, 364 in Stronie and 418 in Lądek are in action. By tomorrow morning, the number of soldiers in the flooded areas will reach 16,000,” he wrote on X.
Kłodzko is virtually isolated from the rest of the region, with blocked roads and power cuts affecting thousands of homes.
The population is helping emergency services and municipal workers to clean up the damage in the city centre, which is still impassable.
Other cities nearby, such as Lądek-Zdrójsuffered considerable damage.
Austria
Finally, in Lower Austria, a region where the rains have been concentrated all week, the houses of the inhabitants of villages around St. Poltenhave been so destroyed that huge amounts of garbage are piling up in the streets.
ADVERTISEMENTTo make matters worse, the large waste incineration plant in nearby Dürnrohr was also flooded and is therefore completely shut down.
