EU pledges billions to repair efforts after deadly and devastating inundation
A man cares for his dog next to debris after the flood on Friday in Glucholazy, Poland . Poland and neighboring countries experienced widespread flooding after heavy rains swept the region during Storm Boris. Photograph: Omar Marques/Getty ImagesMore than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Emilia-Romagna, barely a year after floods and mudslides in the same region forced 45,000 residents to evacuate, killed 17 people and caused damage estimated at €8.5 billion.
Two people were reported missing in the region after a roof on which they had taken refuge collapsed. The death toll from a week of floods triggered by Storm Boris remained at 24, after it claimed lives in‘Prime minister Farage’: Reform UK leader says party has ‘come of age’ and could win the next electionSri Lanka’s ruling elite face judgment in first election since plunge into financial crisis
“The good news is that the forecasts were correct, and in the past two days, no significant rainfall has occurred anywhere . We expect continued dry weather, which helps the defence efforts,” he said on Friday, while urging the country’s emergency services and citizens to remain alert over the coming days.
“The hardest in times like these is to maintain vigilance when one feels the worst is behind one,” he said, noting that the flood wave was expected to move relatively slowly through Hungary and exit the country only late next week.
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