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Storm Boris leaves one dead, seven missing in Czech Republic

September 16, 2024 / 12:37 PM
Sharjah24 - AFP: Storm Boris caused flooding in the Czech Republic, which resulted in one fatality and seven reported missing people, Czech police said on Monday.
One person drowned in a stream close to Bruntal in the northeast, while authorities "recorded seven people missing", police chief Martin Vondrasek told a radio station.

Nine people have now died across eastern and central Europe as a result of the storm, several more are missing and millions have been evacuated from their homes.

Over the weekend, six people died and one went missing in Romania, a seventh person drowned in Poland and a firefighter was killed in Austria during a flood rescue operation.
September 16, 2024 / 12:37 PM

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