Travel Chaotic, Damage Mounts After Central European Floods
- Vienna-Salzburg line closed in parts, subways also affected
- Four deaths confirmed in Romania, one each in Poland, Austria
A flooded road in Neulengbach, Austria, on Sept. 15.
Photographer: Helmut Fohringer/AFP/Getty Images
Widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe from days of unrelenting rain is playing havoc with rail transportation and causing more evacuations of residents as well as damage to homes and infrastructure.
Some of the worst scenes on Sunday were in southwest Poland. In Glucholazy, a temporary bridge was torn away and another still under construction damaged as floodwaters raced through the town. A dam collapsed in Stronie Slaskie, cutting the town of about 6,000 people off from surrounding areas.