Five found dead after torrential rain floods areas of Romania

Rescuers carry a woman in Pechea, Romania, after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded (Romanian Emergency Services – ISU Galati via AP/PA)

Five people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities have said.

Rescue services scrambled to save 95 people in the hard-hit eastern counties of Galati and Vaslui.