In south-west Poland, communities were rallying on Tuesday morning to combat severe flooding threatening the town of Nysa. Located about 90 kilometres south of Wrocław, Nysa is at risk as the Nysa Kłodzka river nears the brink of breaching a crucial dyke protecting the town centre.

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,

Thousands of residents in the south-western Polish town of Nysa rallied on Tuesday to successfully prevent the breaching of a crucial dyke, as severe flooding across Central and Eastern Europe continues to keep emergency forces on edge and the death toll nears 20.