THE death toll from a deep freeze in Poland has increased to 30 with a dozen more deaths overnight, officials said yesterday, while some of the worst floods in a century devastated parts of the Balkans.

FREEZING temperatures and snowstorms killed 12 more people and caused travel chaos across northern Europe yesterday as some of the worst floods in a century devastated parts of the Balkans.

A state of emergency has been declared and residents evacuated after heavy rainfall caused floods in several areas of Bosnia.