A signpost standing in the floods of the Elbe river indicates the way to the ferry in Krippen, eastern Germany on Septemer 17, 2024. Germany's eastern federal state of Saxony is expecting a flood peak of the Elbe river in the night to Wednesday, September 17, 2024. In central Europe, the death toll has risen to 19 in the extreme weather and flooding let loose by storm Boris, authorities said after a new victim was reported in Austria. High winds and unusually heavy rainfall have hit swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia since September 13, 2024. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)