Austria closes Danube for shipping as deadly floods spread across central Europe

Flooding caused by torrential rain that killed five people in Germany over the weekend has spread across Austria and Hungary overnight Tuesday.

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00:00The Danube river in Austria has been closed for shipping as deadly floods sweep across

00:07much of central Europe.

00:10Part of the river burst its banks in the city of Linz, Austria's third largest city.

00:18In Germany, floods turned deadly with five people killed as a result of rainfall.

00:28Authorities said a woman was recovered from her car after it sank into floodwater in Bavaria

00:33as a 22-year-old firefighter was also killed during a search and rescue operation.

00:42Markus Söder, Bavaria's premier, announced the government will provide at least 100 million

00:47euros in financial aid to those affected.

00:54German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also visited the region, calling the situation serious.

01:04The German weather service declared an end to the rainfall, but water levels remained

01:08high in Passau.

01:15Heavy rainfall was also predicted in neighbouring Poland and Hungary, which are bracing themselves

01:20for further flooding.