Reuters. Water levels in the southern Polish town of Nysa started receding on Tuesday (17 September), following a night of efforts by firefighters and residents to protect the town by building a wall of sandbags.
Drone footage showed buildings and roads in Czech city of Ostrava inundated with heavy floodwater on Tuesday (September 17), following heavy downpours that caused the local Odra river to burst its banks.
Parts of central Bratislava along the Danube River were submerged on Tuesday (September 17) following a flood wave that struck the Slovak capital overnight. The Danube crested at 970 cm overnight before slowly receding, Slovakia's Environment Minister Tomas Taraba stated on Facebook. Several streets in the capital remain impassable, with debris including broken trees and branches causing blockages.
Firemen and helpers on Tuesday (September 17) began cleaning up in the Austrian village of Rust im Tullnerfeld, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Austria's capital Vienna, following severe flooding in the last days. Residents of the small village had to be evacuated the previous day due to concern of rising levels of the nearby river after a dam break close by.
On Tuesday (September 17), Hungarian restaurant owners Janos and Laszlo Botyanszki packed sandbags along the Danube River bank in anticipation of a flood wave expected to hit Budapest.
The staff of a retirement home in Ostrava could only assess the damage and clean up after floodwaters receded on Tuesday (September 17), following flooding that affected the city. The director of the retirement home, Michal Marianek, said they were well-prepared for the flood but were still surprised by how quickly the water reached the building.
Footage released on social media by Polish police showed rescue personnel evacuating local residents via helicopter in the flood-hit town of Ladek-Zdroj on Monday (September 16).
