WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police said that the death toll from massive floods in southwestern Poland this month had risen to nine, and two more bodies were found during the clean-up operation.
At least 26 people died across central Europe in the worst floods to hit the region in at least two decades this month.
The floods left devastation extending from Romania to Poland, spreading mud and debris in towns, destroying bridges, submerging cars, and leaving authorities and families facing a compensation bill that could reach billions of dollars.
“In Kłodzko County and in Nysa County, during clean-up operations after the floods, two bodies were discovered,” Polish police said on social media platform X late on Thursday.
“Identification activities are still ongoing. The circumstances of death indicate that this may be the eighth and ninth victims whose deaths occurred in the flood affected areas.”