World in brief: September 15, 2024

CZECH REPUBLIC: Another night of torrential rains in central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest-hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels today.
Authorities declared the highest flood warnings in almost 90 places across the country and in two north-eastern regions that recorded the biggest rainfall in recent days, including the Jeseniky mountains near the Polish border.
EGYPT: Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities said.
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