More precisely, currently various regions of Central Europe are hit by heavy rain and floods which led to thousands people being evacuated from their homes and infrastructure is in a considerably bad state. The floods, which started this week, have hit parts of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic especially because several rivers have over flooded their banks and inundated many towns and villages.

In Germany itself, the Saxony and Bavaria regions are the most affected with regard to the calamity as emergency response teams continue to respond to call related to of the calamity form the public and strengthen the flood protection measures. Increasing water level in the Elbe and Danube river situations have led authorities to place some districts on a state of emergency. In Dresden that is one of Germany’s most historic cities, many cultural and architectural icons are at risk as the Elbe river rises again and revisits the disaster of 2002.

There are indications that situation remains grave in some of Austria’s provinces, particularly the upper and the lower Austria provinces where many of Danube enthralled communities have been evacuated. Vienna, Austrias capital, remains on edge after the river neared the danger mark and city authorities hired boats to erect special gates to protect the historic landmarks of the city.

As it has already occurred in the Netherlands, currently, in the Czech Republic the capital is in preparation for floods due to the rising of the Vltava river. Prague’s famous Charles Bridge has been shut for people and residents in some areas prone to floods have been urged to pack up their bags for evacuation.

It has been described as due to intense rain and snowmelt in the Alpine regions made worse by the effects of climate change. The meteorologists have said that the situation can even get worse in the days to come as more rains are expected in the area.

The floods have not only affected thousands of people but it has also affected economy. Farmers have lost their crops due to flood, many companies and industries have closed down due to flooding. The transport systems have been completely disrupted and several roads and railways are now submerged or are washed away due to landslides.

Local and global relief operations are being initiated wherein other nations are volunteering to provide search and rescue teams, equipments and other essential relief supplies. In response to the situation and to mobilise extra support especially to the affected member states, the EU has switch on the Civil Protection Mechanism.

During the unfolding of the crisis, doubts are arising whether the protection against flood is sufficient and or whether climate change demands better solutions to be implemented. As observed by environmental analysts, this is another wake up call for the growing importance to combat climate change and prevalence of intense weather conditions of the planet.

From this disaster, people have demonstrated immense resilience and unity in their respective places of dwelling. Volunteers are helping rescuers, united with the emergency services, to fulfill the delivery of sandbags, aid people to evacuate, and help with clean up where they can.

The floods have also created more debate on the urban design issues and the sustainability of constructing further in the flood plains. Most analysts are now advising governments to reconsider land use policies and countries should strive to use more natural methods in controlling floods.

As time passes the effects looks worse and worse but the final result is yet to be revealed with the rising sea level. But it is certain that both the recovery and rebuilding phases will be slow and somewhat arduous. It is anticipated that the involved countries will require numerous financial resources, and facilities to fix the damaged structures, homes, and living standards for addressing this killer flooding disaster.