Residents and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as they prepared for flood waters that have wreaked havoc and killed at least 21 people across central Europe to reach them.
The deluge has left a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland, and while waters were receding in many areas, others were nervously waiting for rivers to burst their banks.
The Czech-Polish border areas are among the worst-hit since the weekend, as gushing, debris-filled rivers devastated historic towns, collapsing bridges and destroying houses.
