2024 Central European floods

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2024 Central European floods

Flooded Iron Bridge in the town of Kłodzko, Poland on 15 September 2024
Meteorological history
Duration	14–21 September 2024 (7 days)
Overall effects
Fatalities	27[a]
Missing	9[b]
Damage	>€2 billion[6]
Areas affected	Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia

The 2024 Central European floods were a series of floods caused by a record heavy rainfall generated by Storm Boris, an extremely humid Genoa low. The flooding began in Austria and the Czech Republic, then spread to Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and then onwards to Germany and Hungary. As of 28 September 2024, 27 fatalities have been reported. Munich Re estimates the total damage to have been ~4.2 billion euros ($4.3 billion) of which ~1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) were insured.^[7]

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