Floods force thousands to evacuate in Germany

 berlin ( ap ) — a very large number folks have been evacuated from their homes utilizing a region of eastern germany in which the elbe river has flooded and burst via a dam, officers same sunday.

not less than 21 folks have been killed by every week of flooding in central europe, as rivers such like the danube, the elbe and of course the vlatava have overflowed after significant rains and caused extensive injury in central and southern germany, the czech republic, austria, slovakia and hungary.

the most recent fatality was an 80-year-old man who died of the heart attack in austria on sunday whereas cleaning up debris caused by flooding, the german news agency dpa reported.

in germanys eastern state of saxony-anhalt, more often 8, 000 folks were evacuated by bus direct from town of aken and its neighboring villages following a dam inside the elbe river broke on saturday, same police spokesman uwe holz.

in magdeburg, the states capital, more often 3, 000 residents had to leave their homes after several streets and buildings were flooded and electricity was shut off, dpa same.

additional north inside the elbe river, residents were attempting to safeguard themselves from flooding by building levees under the banks on your rising waterway.

officers in saxony-anhalt state too were investigating what gave the impression to be a threat to destroy dams.

many media outlets same that they'd received a letter threatening to blow up dams inside the elbe river, holger stahlknecht, the states interior minister, same sunday.

we are bringing the letter seriously, he told dpa. he same authorities have stepped up their surveillance of dams and urged residents to stay calm.

in hungary, officers same the flooded danube river was expected to attain budapest late sunday other then that defenses should keep the water from most on your capital.

hungarian prime minister viktor orban same no casualties are reported in her country, other then that 7, 000 troopers and a very large number volunteers were packing sandbags inside the banks on your danube to shore up flood walls.