Storm Boris was named on 11 September 2024 by the Italian Servizio Meteorologico. It was also named Anett on the same day by Free University of Berlin.
The storm system is expected to cause disruption with heavy rainfall and gusty winds, soon after Storm Atena, which came through a few days prior. As a result many weather warnings are in place.
In Italy there are currently yellow wind and rain warnings in force mainly concentrated around the north of the country, and a down the east coast. Orange wind warnings encompassing were raised in the metropolitan areas of Rome, Florence, Bologna and Venice where disruption is expected. The entirety of Croatia is under a orange wind and rain warning as well as most of Slovenia. Parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina also have yellow wind and thunderstorm warnings.
Parts of the Czech Republic particularly near Vienna are under a red rain warning where extreme impacts from rainfall such as flooding, flash floods and landslides are likely. This is also the same for south-west Poland.
On September 14, 2024, red alerts, indicating "intense meteorological phenomena", were issued in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Slovakia.
Eight people were killed as a result of the floods, six people drowned in Romania, a person drowned in Poland and a firefighter died in action in Austria. Multiple people are currently missing in Romania and the Czech Republic. Hundreds were stranded by floods in Romania.Mandatory evacuations were ordered in several areas of the Czech Republic. The town of Głuchołazy in Poland was evacuated along with 1600 people from Kłodzko County. Over 260,000 households were affected by power outages in the Czech Republic. 義大利、克羅埃西亞、巴爾幹半島、捷克、斯洛伐克、奧地利、希臘、波蘭 7人死亡 洪水造成的.
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