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.