Europe has stopped, and the worst is yet to come; A state of natural disaster will be declared

Thousands of houses were damaged over the weekend, bridges were damaged and at least 250,000 households, mostly in the Czech Republic, were left without power.

One person drowned in southwestern Poland on Sunday, a firefighter involved in rescue operations died in Austria and two more died in Romania, where floods claimed four lives on Saturday.

Dramatic in Romania

Terrible footage from Poland

A state of natural disaster will be declared

Due to the critical situation, the government of Poland plans to declare a state of natural disaster during the day, reports the Polish agency PAP.

The government will hold an extraordinary session today due to the floods, and the planned introduction of a state of natural disaster will enable the burden of crisis management to be transferred from local self-governments to the government, according to the Polish agency.

The mayor of Wroclaw, Jacek Sutryk, announced a flood warning for Wroclaw last night and stated that the maximum expected amount of water could flow through the city, i.e. about 3,000 cubic meters per second.

The flood wave is expected to reach Wroclaw on Tuesday. The situation is also critical in Nisa in the Opole region, where water is flooding the streets in some neighborhoods.

Dramatic scenes were recorded in Nisa at the district hospital, where water entered the hospital's Emergency Department, from where patients were evacuated by pontoons and boats, according to PAP.

In Ladakh, water damaged almost all bridges, including a bridge from the 16th century. The city is covered with mud, silt and gravel.

Polish geologist Krzysztof Galosz warned on Sunday that the risk of landslides is increasing in flood-affected areas.