Death toll rises as rain and flooding force evacuations across central Europe

Flooded houses in Jesenik, Czech Republic (Petr David Josek/AP)

Another night of torrential rains pounding central Europe forced mass evacuations as the death toll rose on Sunday.

Several central European nations have already been hit by severe flooding – including Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania – while Slovakia and Hungary might come next, as a result of a low pressure system from northern Italy dumping record rainfall in the region since Thursday.