Austria on Wednesday announced a package of measures in response to severe flooding across the country, including a tripling of the federal disaster fund and tax postponements for affected companies.

Austria has experienced extreme rainfall that has broken numerous rainfall records and led to widespread flooding. The federal

Austrian police said two more people have died in the floods sweeping parts of the country. A 70-year-old man and an 80-year-old man died in their respective homes in communities in Lower Austria, the authorities said on Monday.

Poland declared a state of emergency on Monday, while the Czech government may need to amend this year’s state budget due to damages caused by the flooding

Evacuations are underway in Poland and the highest flood alert is active in 38 locations in the Czech Republic

The storm that hit central Europe — which unleashed several months’ worth of rain in just a few days — was spawned by a rare combination of meteorological factors.

By Kacper Pempel and Kuba Stezycki WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) -Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood waters that have wreaked havoc across central Europe began to rise in new areas and the Czech Republic reported another death.

Italy is now seeing heavy rain with frequent thunderstorms expected in the coming days - experts say central regions could be badly affected Police in Poland have said that they have information about six drowning fatalities caused during the flooding in the south west of the country.

Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and and the deaths of at least 23 people so far.

Water levels on the River Danube rose further, as deadly floods unleashed destruction across central Europe. The torrential rain from Storm Boris is set to subside on Tuesday but water levels remain elevated across the region.