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Central Europe braces for further flooding as swollen rivers continue to rise

Deadly Storm Boris has dumped up to five times average September rainfall on swathes of region in four days

As swollen rivers continued to rise, volunteers and emergency workers in towns and cities across a swathe of central Europe were reinforcing defences against floods that have killed at least 18 people in four countries.

Storm Boris has dumped up to five times the average September rainfall on parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in four days, submerging entire neighbourhoods and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate.

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