Residents walk past destroyed road after a flash floods hit the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An elderly woman looks out of her window after a flash floods hit the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A resident cleans her damaged house after a flash floods hit the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Residents clean their damaged house after flash floods hit the village of Hermanice, Czech Republic, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Residents carry water past a destroyed house after flash floods hit the village of Hermanice, Czech Republic, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A young boy sits in front of a house damaged in flash floods in the village of Hermanice, Czech Republic, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A fireworker makes his way through the waters to reach a flooded car in Goerlitz Eastern Germany late Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. Police say heavy rain has caused flooding that killed three people in the eastern German state of Saxony after they were trapped in their basement. (AP Photo/dapd/Sebastian Willnow)
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Firefighters build a barrier of sand bags in the eastern German town of Goerlitz, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. Police say heavy rain has caused flooding that killed three people in the eastern German state of Saxony after they were trapped in their basement. (AP Photo/dapd/Sebastian Willnow)
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Residents walk among the debris following flooding in Bogatynia, Poland, on Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. The floods struck late Friday but worsened on Saturday, leaving three-fourths of the southwestern Polish town of Bogatynia inundated after the Miedzianka River spilled its banks. (AP Photo/Robert Steiner )
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Residents walk among the debris following flooding in Bogatynia, Poland, on Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. The floods struck late Friday but worsened on Saturday, leaving three-fourths of the southwestern Polish town of Bogatynia inundated after the Miedzianka River spilled its banks. (AP Photo/Robert Steiner )
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Residents walk among the debris following flooding in Bogatynia, Poland, on Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. The floods struck late Friday but worsened on Saturday, leaving three-fourths of the southwestern Polish town of Bogatynia inundated after the Miedzianka River spilled its banks. (AP Photo/Robert Steiner )
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WARSAW, Poland —
The death toll in flooding in central Europe rose to 11 as Poland’s interior minister said Sunday that two more people had died in the southwestern region of the country.
The flooding has struck an area near the borders of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Heavy rains in Poland caused flooding in the southwestern town of Bogatynia and one person was already reported dead on Saturday.
In the northern Czech Republic, five people were found drowned over the weekend.
Another three people drowned in the eastern German state of Saxony on Saturday. Several roads and villages there were flooded by swelling Neisse river and hundreds of people were evacuated with rubber boats by rescue workers from their homes in the city of Goerlitz.
Polish Interior Minister Jerzy Miller refused to give details about the three deaths in his country because he said he wasn’t yet sure if their relatives had all been informed.
The worst-hit town in Poland was Bogatynia, where a bridge was destroyed and many were left without electricity and running water.
It is the third time this year that Poland has been affected by flooding. A first wave in May was the most severe. It caused widespread damage to homes and killed more than 20 people.
In the Czech Republic, at least a thousand people had to be evacuated Saturday, some from areas below two dams threatened by rising waters. People in the towns of Chrastava and Frydlant were rescued by police and military helicopters from the roofs of their homes.
