Severve flooding has left eight dead and brought cities to a standstill in Central Europe.
Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland have all been affected.
Two people have died and several are missing in Austria, were two months worth of rain fell over the course of two days.
In the Czech capital of Prague, a state of emergency was declared after the torrential rain left six dead.
Thousands have been evacuated from the city as floodwaters continue to rise.
Took this yesterday near our place in #Prague 10. Water is going down, but it is still a lake. #povodne #povoden twitter.com/zachprague/sta…
— Zach Peterson (@zachprague) June 3, 2013
Vít Tůma tweeted this morning saying "perhaps the worst is behind us" as some flood barriers were dropped and the sun is shining.
Vltava klesá, zábrany drží a sluníÄko svítí. To nejhorší snad máme za sebou. #povodne #praha @ct24zive twitter.com/dcomcz/status/…
— Vít Tůma (@dcomcz) June 4, 2013
The Charles Bridge, a popular tourist attraction in Prague, is currently closed to pedestrians.
Karlův most bez turistů #povodne twitter.com/Shaana_CZ/stat…
— Vlastimil Šantroch (@Shaana_CZ) June 4, 2013
Praha Bubenske nabrezi 20. hodina #povodne #zaplavy #povoden twitter.com/MarkKeaton1/st…
— Mark Keaton (@MarkKeaton1) June 3, 2013
Jazz Dock #povoden #Praha twitter.com/GondoCz/status…
— Vladimír Lán (@GondoCz) June 3, 2013
Pray for Czech Republic. xm #povoden #povodne2013 twitter.com/minniehalliwel…
— mina halliwell (@minniehalliwell) June 3, 2013
Even the waterbirds are deserting the river banks #Prague #flood #povoden twitter.com/ArthurWBear/st…
— Arthur Bear (@ArthurWBear) June 3, 2013
Pod Jiráskovým mostem. #povoden #Praha twitter.com/GondoCz/status…
— Vladimír Lán (@GondoCz) June 3, 2013
And this image appears to show some diners undeterred by the rising floodwaters.
#povodne Selsky dvur Praha 10 2.6.2013cca 9,40 hod. twitter.com/hobit888/statu…
— Anna Zemberyova (@hobit888) June 4, 2013
All tweets were posted with from the city of Prague over the past couple of days.
