A flooded statue in the swollen Vltava River in the center of Prague, Czech Republic, on June 2, 2013.
Officials in parts of central Europe including southern Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria have issued evacuation orders as rivers rise to dangerously high levels in the region.
On Sunday, a state of emergency was declared in the German cities of Passau also known as the Dreiflussestadt in Lower Bavaria and Rosenheim.
The German Army was called in to help local officials in Passau as authorities expect the Danube River, the continentâ„¢s second longest after the Volga, to reach 10.5 m in the following hours.
On the same day, local officials in the Czech capital Prague issued disaster warnings.
Å“The situation is very serious … The flow in the Vltava and Berunka rivers is rising relatively quickly. We will reach the third degree of flood activity at noon,” said Interim Mayor Tomas Hudecek.
Reports say that a woman lost her life in the nearby city of Trebenice after her summer cottage destroyed because of raging waters.
In Austria, a man was found dead in the town of St Johann near the city of Salzburg after torrential downpours caused flooding and landslides in the area.
Evacuations are also happening in Switzerland after officials in Basel said the Rhine River rose to a dangerously high level.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV