The extreme rainfall and flooding is the worst central and eastern Europe has seen in at least two decades, with several more people missing and there are fears it's going to get worse

Hungary deployed soldiers to help police and other emergency services build sandbag walls and other defences as it braced for the peak of floodwater, which has killed seven people in both Poland and Romania,

Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe has forced mass evacuations. The death toll rose on Sunday.

The number of deaths from the flooding in the Czech Republic has risen to four, police said on Wednesday. The body of a 70-year-old woman, who had been missing for days, was discovered in the community of Kobylá nad Vidnavkou.