Budapest and Poland's Wroclaw reinforce their river banks ahead of more flooding in central Europe

Read full article: LIVE RADAR: Flood Advisory for multiple counties through TuesdayPalm Coast man dies after side-swiping SUV, rear-ending another vehicleGet ready to travel this fall with these Insider DealsThis handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. In Budapest, authorities closed the city’s lower quays, which are expected to be breached by rising waters later in the day.

The lower half of the city’s iconic Margaret Island was also closed. To the south of Wroclaw, residents spent the night fighting to save Nysa, a town of 44,000 people, after the Nysa Klodzka River broke its banks the day before. The town mayor Kordian Kolbiarz said 2,000 “women, men, children, the elderly” came out to try to save their town from the rising waters, forming a human chain that passed sandbags to the river bank.



In the Czech Republic, waters have been receding in the two hardest-hit, northeast regions. The government approved the deployment of 2,000 troops to help with clean-up efforts. The damage is expected to reach billions of euros.

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