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Storm Boris batters central Europe – in pictures

Storm Boris has caused several deaths, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes across Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia

Arnel Hecimovic

Main image: Rescue workers evacuate people across a flooded street in Jesenik, Czech Republic. Photograph: Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images

Mon 16 Sep 2024 11.23 BST

Rudawa, Poland
A flooded village in southern Poland. Several people have died after Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rainfall

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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Slobozia Conachi, Romania
People rescue a man from the rising flood waters

Photograph: Daniel Mihăilescu/AFP/Getty Images

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Jesenik, Czech Republic
Properties damaged as flood waters rise after heavy rain

Photograph: Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images

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Jesenik, Czech Republic
Rescue workers evacuate people from flooded house

Photograph: Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images

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Głuchołazy, Poland
Aerial view of flooded streets

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Slobozia Conachi, Romania
People rescue person from the rising flood waters

Photograph: Daniel Mihăilescu/AFP/Getty Images

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Kraków, Poland
People gather to watch the raised level of the Vistula River

Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

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Opava, Czech Republic
Police officers evacuate people at a flooded street

Photograph: Michal Čížek/AFP/Getty Images

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Rudawa, Poland
Rescuers and soldiers evacuate local people and a dog

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Rudawa, Poland
The flooded village seen from the air

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Rudawa, Poland
Rescuers and soldiers evacuating people

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Głuchołazy, Poland
Flooded streets in southern Poland

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Bratislava, Slovakia
A destroyed car is seen under a tree that fell after strong winds

Photograph: Tomáš Benedikovič/AFP/Getty Images

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Stupava, Slovakia
Firefighters load a boat with food for people in a retirement home in the flooded town, a few miles west of Bratislava

Photograph: Tomáš Benedikovič/AFP/Getty Images

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Jesenik, Czech Republic
Rescue workers evacuate people across a flooded street

Photograph: Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images

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Głuchołazy, Poland
A man piles up sandbags at the entrance of a house to protect it against the floods

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Stupava, Slovakia
A woman walks in a flooded street

Photograph: Tomáš Benedikovič/AFP/Getty Images

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Głuchołazy, Poland
Firefighters stand next to sandbags piled up next to the Biala River

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Głuchołazy, Poland
People take photos on their phones as water from the Biala River reaches the town centre

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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Głuchołazy, Poland
People help firefighters move sandbags

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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