Authorities say at least four people have died in the floods in recent days.
Residential areas in dozens towns and villages, as well farm lands, have been submerged. Firefighter spokesman Daniel Blasko, from the eastern city of Kosice, called the flooding Friday "very serious." A massive landslide damaged dozens of houses in the town of Nizna Mysla, including the church. A large number of roads and some railway lines were closed Friday as rivers and creeks burst their banks.
In Poland, Slovakia's neighbor to the north, rain has caused new flooding in some neighborhoods that were still struggling to recover from floods that killed 20 people last month.
Police spokesman Krzysztof Hajdas said there were no new victims from the latest flooding.
Authorities ordered evacuations in and around Jaslo, a town in southern Poland near the border with Slovakia, after the swollen Ropa River broke a 130-foot (40-meter) hole in an embankment and flooded about 280 homes.
In the Warsaw suburb of Piaseczno, water rose high enough in some places to nearly immerse cars. Firefighters used boats to navigate streets as they helped evacuate residents.
Sandomierz, a town in the country's south that was among the worst-hit places last month, was bracing Friday for new floods.
Landslides also destroyed houses in some areas, including in Klodne, in southern Poland, where people have been trying to salvage belongings after their homes collapsed.Authorities say at least four people have died in the floods in recent days.
Residential areas in dozens towns and villages, as well farm lands, have been submerged. Firefighter spokesman Daniel Blasko, from the eastern city of Kosice, called the flooding "very serious." A massive landslide damaged dozens of houses in the town of Nizna Mysla, including the church. A large number of roads and some railway lines were closed Friday as rivers and creeks burst their banks.
Forecaster expected the rain to tail off by Saturday.
