Published September 19,2024
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The leaders of 4 international locations hit by Storm Boris will meet Thursday in Poland with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to debate assist for the flood-hit area.
The demise toll from the storm which has hit central and jap Europe in current days rose to 24 on Wednesday and a few areas are nonetheless below menace from rising waters.
Strong wind and heavy rains have been hitting the area since final week, killing 5 folks in Austria, seven in Poland, seven in Romania and 5 folks within the Czech Republic.
The assembly of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala, Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will happen in Wroclaw, a historic metropolis of 670,000 folks in southwest Poland.
Struck by devastating floods in 1997, residents of Wroclaw have turn into more and more involved because the waters rise.
They are anticipated to achieve their peak on Thursday.
While that is anticipated to be decrease than it was in 1997, dams could possibly be in danger if the excessive water lasts for a number of days.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban — who this week cancelled all his worldwide engagements due to the storm — won’t be current on the assembly though his nation has additionally been badly affected.
Romania’s prime minister may even be absent due to a defence assembly.
Fiala stated on X on Wednesday that the leaders would “discuss the possibilities for European financial aid to the Czech Republic and other countries in central Europe”.
Source: www.anews.com.tr