Europe weather chaos - live: Italy braces for Storm Boris flooding as Portugal wildfires blaze and deaths rise

Countries need to work together in responding to floods, an expert has told the BBC.

Dr Carmen Solana, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Risk Communication at the University of Portsmouth said floods, such as the ones that have hit Europe this week, are becoming more frequent and in Europe there is some cooperation and agreements, but “there is a need of even more international coordinated responses.”

A man who was found dead on Monday afternoon in Austria was identified on Tuesday as a 46-year-old Viennese, police spokeswoman Manuela Weinkirn said.

According to Weinkirn, the man was recovered from the Danube near Marbach on Tuesday afternoon.

Among the hardest hit areas is the district of Aveiro, south of the northern city of Porto, but blazes were also raging out of control in other wooded areas. Portuguese state broadcaster RTP showed images of houses burnt to the ground and smoke billowing over charred terrain in the area of Castro de Aire. Ground units were supported by Portuguese water-dropping aircraft. Fellow European Union members Spain, France Italy and Greece have committed to providing eight more planes to help local forces. “The EU stands with Portugal as it battles major wildfires,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a message on X. “I thank France, Greece, Italy and Spain for their rapid reaction. This is EU solidarity at its best.” Still, televised images showed some residents wielding tree branches and buckets of water to try to save their homes from encroaching fires.

Torrential rains have gone, flooding waters have been receding and the sun was shining again in the Czech town of Bohumin. But Zuzana Kublova was not in a mood to enjoy it. The house where Kublova’s family lives was inundated as was almost this entire town in the worst flooding in years that spread at a broad swath of Central Europe. After three days in safety upstairs, without power, running water or a cellphone signal, she stepped down to face a scene of destruction. “The entire ground floor is flooded, so all of us seven people and two dogs have to live together on the first floor without electricity and water,” Kublova told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “And don’t even ask how we go to the toilet,” she said. “It has happened again, something that had happened to us two or three times in the past.” The town was submerged by a flood wave brought by the Oder River that was fueled by record rains in northeast Czech Republic in recent days.

A deputy Portuguese minister has promised “abundant public support” for the recovery of houses destroyed by fires in the north and central regions of the country.

Manuel Castro Almeida admitted that European funds may be used to cover the damage caused by the fires, which could involve reprogramming them.

He said the number for the funds has not been finalised yet but “it will be very substantial public support.”