Storm Boris: Gigs cancelled across central Europe

Romania, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary have all been hit by severe flooding in recent days

A number of concerts have been cancelled after Storm Boris unleashed severe flooding across central Europe.

The death toll has reached at least 19, with seven confirmed fatalities so far in Romania, five in Austria, four in Poland and three in Czech Republic, with several people missing, and thousands evacuated from their homes.

Elsewhere, Slovakia has declared a state of emergency in the capital Bratislava, while the Hungarian capital Budapest is braced for record high water levels on the River Danube.…

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