At least 4 people died yesterday in Romania due to bad weather Boriswhile the heavy rains caused flooding in several countries in central and eastern Europe.

Romanian rescue services announced that they found four dead in a search operation in the most affected region, that of Galati (southeast), where 5,000 households were affected.

Seven hundred houses were flooded in the village alone Slobozia Conachithe mayor of the region, Emil Dragomir, told the local TV station Digi24, speaking of a “disaster of an unusual scale”. “We had floods 11 years ago as well, but it wasn’t as bad,” he added, saying the main road looked like a torrent.

Dragu Stefan, 52, who works in the area, told AFP he tried to “save something” but it was “futile because the water came very quickly”.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, in a statement, sent his condolences to the families of the victims. “Once again we are faced with the effects of climate change, which are becoming increasingly felt on the European continent,” said the head of state. “We should continue to expect extreme weather events.”

In Czech Republic100,000 firefighters have been mobilized and almost 50,000 households were left without electricity yesterday, as announced by the electricity company CEZ.

Hospital in the city Brno (southeast) was evacuated yesterday morning. Her district Moravia (northeast) declared a state of emergency.

In the city of Olomouc (east), Robert Hubinac went to get sacks to protect his house. “I brought almost three tons of sand since yesterday,” he told AFP.

A state of emergency was also declared in Bratislava, its capital Slovakia.

In Polandthe situation was most precarious in the southwest, according to the government, and the next few hours will be difficult.

“The water level continues to rise” and there is “no hope that it will stop raining,” Sofia Ovsyanka, 65, a resident of Gluholazi, told AFP.

In Austriawinds of up to 146 km/h were recorded in the southern part and rainfall reached 170 liters of water per square meter in the northern part of the country.

At Viennafirefighters responded to nearly 150 incidents in the past 24 hours, including basement water leaks, according to local media. A section of the Schönbrunn park – which gathers the most visitors in Austria – was closed for safety reasons, emergency services told APA. Cemeteries will remain closed today.

In the mountains of the west Austriasnow blocked several roads and rescuers were searching for a man missing after an avalanche. Tyrol is covered in a layer of snow that in some places reaches one meter, something unusual for mid-September, after the high temperatures recorded last week.