Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe  

This photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 in Prague shows the Vltava river as floods hit the Czech Republic. This photo taken on Sept. 16, 2024 in Krnov, Czech Republic, shows the city's main square covered in mud after it was flooded by the Opava river. A woman cleans the floor of a church after the flood water withdrew from the village of Pechea, Romania, on Sept. 15, 2024. This aerial photograph taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows a view of the flooded streets in Glucholazy, southern Poland.

The death toll was rising in Central European countries on Sunday after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced evacuations.