Death Toll Rises As Flooding Forces Mass Evacuations Across Central Europe

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The death toll in Central European countries has been rising after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced evacuations. Read more.
Key points: The floods have claimed six lives in Romania, and one each in Austria and Poland. In the Czech Republic, four people who were swept away by waters were missing, police said. “We have to focus on saving lives,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala told Czech public television on Sunday. The worst “is not behind us yet,” he warned. His government was set to meet Monday to assess the damages.

The region’s weather changed following a hot start to September. Scientists have documented the summer as the Earth’s hottest, breaking a record set just a year ago. A hotter atmosphere, driven by human-caused climate change, can lead to more intense rainfall.
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