So far, 12 dams have broken, with muddy rivers raging, while thousands of households are without electricity and water in Lower Austria state.
VIENNA - Flooding sparked by Storm Boris in central Europe has burst dams, knocked out power and killed at least 11 people, authorities said Monday as some communities were cut off four days into the disaster.High winds and unusually heavy rainfall have hit swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia since Friday.
In Austria, two people, aged 70 and 80, were found dead in their flooded homes in two communities in Lower Austria, the worst-hit state, police said. "It is not over. It stays critical. It stays dramatic," warned Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the governor of Lower Austria, adding there was a high danger of more damns breaking. In the Czech Republic, one person drowned in a river close to Bruntal in the northeast, while authorities have"recorded seven people missing", according to police.
"The police came for the first time on Friday but we stayed at home because we were convinced that nothing would happen," Joanna Polacasz, who now shelters at the school after the waters rose forcing her to leave, told AFP.
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