Countries across central Europe prepare for weekend downpours and severe flooding

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00:00Authorities in the Czech Republic have begun erecting metal barriers and sandbag walls

00:07as a belt of Central Europe braces for severe flooding this weekend.

00:11Residents in Prague have been warned to get ready for possible evacuations.

00:16Meteorologists say a low pressure system from northern Italy is predicted to dump heavy

00:21rain in most parts of the country.

00:24That includes the border regions with Austria and Germany in the south and Poland in the

00:28north.

00:29Heavy rain and the risk of flooding have also been forecast in Slovakia and Hungary.

00:35The military in Poland has been mobilized and authorities have appealed to residents

00:40to stock up on food and to prepare for power outages by charging power banks.

00:46Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was no reason to panic but there is a reason to

00:50be fully mobilized.

00:55And severe weather warnings are in place in lower Austria which has seen almost continuous

00:59rain for days.

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