It also prompted European Union head Ursula von der Leyen to plan a visit to a threatened region yesterday.
Heavy rains caused flooding and the evacuation of 1,000 residents in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, while the death toll was rising in central Europe as receding waters were revealing the scale of the destruction caused by exceptionally heavy rains that began a week ago.
Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said the death toll had risen to five in the hard-hit northeast Czech Republic, and that eight people were still missing.
That brings the death toll so far to 24 in the region.
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