Prague Flooded as Regional Storms Kill 6, Shut Rivers
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Floodwaters inundated Prague for the second time in 11 years as storms blanketing central Europe disrupted river traffic from the Rhine to the Danube, leaving at least six dead and driving thousands from their homes.
Rescue workers struggled to protect the Czech capital’s subway network, shops and apartments near the Vltava river, which breached its banks in some areas and will crest today. Germany suffered from the heaviest deluge in more than 50 years that left parts of the city of Passau under water. Vienna was bracing for more rainfall as the Danube rose to the highest level in a decade.