Update on floods in central Europe
Flooding has continued in central and Eastern Europe this weekend, with some 5,000 people evacuating their homes in Poland and western Russia, according to a video report from NBC’s Today Show. Conditions are particularly bad in several Siberian villages due to ice damming up a river. According to a report from Deutsche Welle, the death toll in Poland reached 12 this Saturday. Barriers in Warsaw were holding up Friday evening, although the capital saw water levels reaching 7.74 meters (25.4 feet) on Saturday – just short of the eight-meter mark when authorities must prepare emergency services. –Deutsche Welle German authorities…
