Six people have died across Romania, Austria and Poland after a low-pressure system named Boris brought torrential rain and floods to Central Europe. In the Czech Republic, a quarter of a million homes were without power due to high winds and rain. More rain is expected on Sunday and Monday, local time.

Volunteers in the Polish town of Nysa fortified floodwalls to stem swollen rivers on Tuesday after heavy rain and flooding round central Europe that has killed at least 18 people. Rivers were still spilling banks in the Czech Republic,

Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe.

Heavy rains caused severe flooding in Central Europe, affecting countries like Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania.

More rain has fallen in south-western Poland since Friday morning than during the so-called millennium flood in 1997. The alarm level has been

Poland will outline a complex reconstruction plan for the regions affected by the flood after the water subsides, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.