Thousands of people have been evacuated from in the eastern region of Moravia in the Czech Republic, and more than 260,000 are now without power.
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00:00Storm Boris swept through Central Europe, causing flash floods, deaths and mass evacuations
00:08across the region.
00:11At least one person died in both Poland and Austria and four are reported missing in the
00:15Czech Republic.
00:18In the eastern Czech region of Moravia, thousands were evacuated as the storm brought some of
00:23the heaviest rains seen in years to the region, with more than a quarter of a million households
00:29left without electricity.
00:34In neighbouring Poland, towns were evacuated and emergency services were deployed to fight
00:40the flood.
00:41Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk appealed to those refusing to evacuate amid the storm
00:47and said the state would provide financial help to those affected by the extreme weather.
00:54In Austria, dozens of municipalities were declared disaster zones by authorities as
00:59residents were evacuated.
01:03A civil defence alert was issued and a firefighter died while responding to the flooding.