European storm death toll climbs to nine – World News
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Storm Boris leaves a trail of destruction as it batters central and eastern Europe with the death toll climbing to nine and several people still missing.
One person was killed and seven were reported missing in the Czech Republic after flooding provoked by Storm Boris, Czech police said on Monday.
One person drowned in a stream close to Bruntal in the northeast, while authorities “recorded seven people missing”, police chief Martin Vondrasek told a radio station.
Nine people have now died across eastern and central Europe as a result of the storm, several more are missing and millions have been evacuated from their homes.
Over the weekend, six people died and one went missing in Romania, a seventh person drowned in Poland and a firefighter was killed in Austria during a flood rescue operation.
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