FLASH FLOODS STRIKE CENTRAL EUROPE, KILLING AT LEAST 15
Baku, August 9 (AZERTAC). Flash floods brought on by rains in central Europe and the Baltic have killed at least 15, officials say, according to BBC News.
Rivers overflowed their banks, sending torrents of water through Bogatynia in south-west Poland and Goerlitz in eastern Germany.
The Neisse river, on the border with Poland, reached its highest recorded level in Goerlitz.
Three Poles, three Germans and five Czechs were killed, while further north in Lithuania four people were killed.
Three other Czechs were reported missing after the downpours on Saturday triggered the floods.
The army, police and fire services were using helicopters and boats to move people away from the flood zones and clear flood debris.
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