Devastating flood killed at least 11 people across central Europe over the weekend. Polish officials said on Sunday that heavy downpours caused rivers to overflow their banks and a dam to burst, submerging Bogatynia and other towns in the southwest corner of Poland and killing at least three people. Fire Brigade spokesman Pawel Fratczak told Reuters by telephone that one woman drowned in the town of Bogatynia on Sunday. The body of another woman and a 55-year-old rescuer swept away by a dam burst were recovered. Flood damage and deaths were also reported in neighboring countries. The death toll in the Czech Republic grew to five and another three were missing and feared drowned, the Polish PAP news agency said. Three people died in the German town of Neukirchen, near the Czech border. The army, police and fire-service rescuers are using amphibious vehicles, helicopters and heavy earth-moving equipment to evacuate flood victims and clear debris including damaged cars blocking narrow streets.