Heavy rains and floods have hit large swaths of Central Europe, with authorities urging people to follow emergency evacuation orders.

At least 17 people are dead across Central Europe from the floods, according to Reuters. Poland and the Czech Republic are especially hard-hit. While the floodwaters are receding in some areas, others are still bracing as rivers rise and residents of some of the regions already hit in Poland are describing the damage.

Polish resident Szymon Krzysztan, 16, standing in the town square of Ladek Zdroj, described losses from the floods as "unimaginable."

"It's a city like in an apocalypse. ... It's a ghost town," Krzystan told Reuters.

Jerzy Adamczyk, 70, told Reuters the scene was like "Armeggedon."

"It literally ripped out everything because we don't have a single bridge," Adamczyk said. "In Ladek, all bridges have disappeared. We are practically cut off from the world."

Flood conditions were seen in 207 locations across the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in a post on social media.

"Evacuations are underway in Opava, Krnov, Ostrava, Jeseník, Frýdlantsk and other places. Over 12,000 people were evacuated. A state of danger was declared in Frýdlantska," Fiala said on X, adding that firefighters had intervened in 7,884 incidents since the floods began.

Fiala visited the town of Jesenik, one of the hardest hit places, and said the worst was behind them. In his social media post, he said the rain had decreased on Sunday evening and weakened temporarily.

Mass evacuations are underway across the region. Fiala urged people in the Czech Republic to listen to instructions from their mayors and local authorities.

"The situation is really dangerous and cannot be underestimated. Unfortunately, we encounter cases where people refuse to evacuate. Then there are problems and situations that are very difficult to solve. I also ask everyone not to take unnecessary risks," he said in the post.

Following an emergency government meeting, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a state of natural disaster in the flooded areas to facilitate evacuation and rescue operations, as well as to expedite financial support for the victims.

Tusk told a news conference that the Finance Ministry has so far earmarked 1 billion zlotys (US$258,000) for immediate payouts.

Water levels have subsided, leaving streets covered in debris and mud, damaged bridges and some burst dams and embankments. Schools and offices in the affected areas were closed Monday and drinking water and food were being delivered by trucks. Many Polish cities, including Warsaw, have called for food donations for flood survivors.

Experts are warning of a flood threat in Opole, a city of some 130,000 residents, where the Oder River has reached high levels and started bursting its banks at some points. Concerns have also been raised in the city of Wroclaw, home to about 640,000 residents, where the flooding was expected on Wednesday. The city suffered a disastrous flood in 1997 and the trauma is still present there.

In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán cancelled his planned foreign engagements.

The mayor of Budapest warned residents close to the Danube of rising water levels and of road and public transit closures in the area.

"According to the latest forecasts, the water level of the Danube will rise by one metre per day from Monday," Mayor Gergely Karácson said in a Facebook post.

He added that a parking ban was in place in low-lying areas near the Danube, with the city using sandbags to curtail the flooding.

Nine people were found dead and three were rescued following a landslide in central Mexico that buried the homes of several families on Saturday, the government announced on Monday.

The tragedy occurred in the municipality of Jilotzingo on the outskirts of the capital.

According to the National Coordination of Civil Protection (CNPC), rescue teams had reported on Saturday the death of a three-month-old baby, yet they did not specify if s/he was included in the nine bodies recovered.

Consequently, a total of 132 people were relocated to temporary shelters, while nearly 600 soldiers and other personnel have been mobilised.

At least 30 people died and 400,000 others were displaced from their homes by this week's devastating flood in Borno State.

The spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA), Ezekiel Manzo, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday.

The flood which followed the collapse of the Alau Dam in Ngadda Rivers at the weekend forced residents to leave their homes in droves.

The state government on Tuesday warned the people of the state to beware of crocodiles, snakes and other deadly animals washed to communities by the flood.

Manzo said: "The death toll is 30.

The situation in Maiduguri is quite frightening."

Another NEMA official, Zubaida Umar, added:

"The flood has taken over around 40 percent of the entire city. People have been forced out of their homes and are scattered everywhere.

"From our statistics, we have 414,000 displaced people."

Moroccan authorities on Sunday said that 11 people died and nine were missing in flooding caused by an "exceptional" climate phenomenon in southern areas.

Interior ministry spokesman Rachid Khalfi said authorities recorded an initial "toll of 11 deaths" after "heavy thunderstorms" that hit "17 prefectures and provinces in the kingdom".

Among the victims, seven died in the province of Tata, some 740km (460 miles) south of Rabat, and two in Errachidia, almost 500km east of Marrakesh, according to Khalfi.

He said one of the victims had foreign citizenship, without providing further details.

Khalfi also said "the volume of precipitation recorded in two days is equivalent to that which these regions normally experience during an entire year".

The floods also caused the collapse of 40 homes and damaged 93 roads, and "affected electricity, drinking water and telephone networks", he added.

Usually arid areas in southern Morocco and Algeria have been drenched in floods caused by massive rainfall since Friday, officials told Agence France-Presse on Sunday.

Areas in southern Morocco have been affected "by an extremely unstable tropical air mass", the spokesman for the Moroccan General Directorate of Meteorology, Lhoussaine Youabd, said.

This "led to the formation of unstable and violent clouds" that caused massive rainfall, he said, describing the phenomenon as "exceptional".

As a result, the Ouarzazate region received 47mm of water in three hours, and Tagounite, near the Algerian border, some 170mm, according to the Moroccan weather service.

Death toll from floods in southeastern Morocco rises to 18

Interior Ministry reports 4 people still missing, infrastructure suffered extensive damage

The number of people who died in floods caused by heavy rainfall in southeastern Morocco has risen to 18, local authorities said Monday.

In a statement, the Interior Ministry said fatalities were caused by severe storms and floods.