Sharjah24 - Reuters: In Stronie Slaskie, one of the regions in south-west Poland most severely affected by major floods, homeowners and volunteers started cleaning up as the water retreated in the hopes that their homes would be habitable before winter arrived.
Parts of the mountain town of 5,000 people were swamped when a dam burst last weekend during Central Europe's worst floods in more than two decades that have caused billions of dollars of damage and killed at least 24 people.
Miroslaw Wegrzyn, 67, who has been running the "Ice Cool" ice cream shop for 30 years, said the water came above the top of his door. When it receded, he found the building full of mud among dislodged machinery and hundreds of ice sticks.
"A wave almost three meters in front came here and when the dam broke, it swept everything away," he said, adding he was not insured and did know if he would rebuild the shop.
The floods swept away homes and cars, leaving streets covered with mud, rubble and debris.
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