- 62 dead (31 in Romania, 20 in Bulgaria, six in Switzerland, and five in Austria and Germany). Source.
- Romania. The floods in spring and summer affected about 1.5 million inhabitants. Altogether 43,900 houses, 4682 bridges and footbridges, 590 social and economic buildings, 10,334 km of roads and 253 flood protection constructions were damaged or totally destroyed. More than 12,000 people were evacuated, and 71 casualties were recorded.
- Bulgaria. Three months of rain and flooding left 14,000 homeless. The country was hit by further floods in August (normally a very dry month), though these did not cause such widespread damage, but caused damage to the year's crops, causing an increase in the price of fruit and vegetables. Railways and roads have been left severely damaged by the floods and the government has asked the European Union for financial support.
- Switzerland. The Swiss capital of Bern was also heavily hit after the Aar burst its banks. The village of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Alps was completely cut off. The only exit from the town is by a very narrow gorge just wide enough to take the river, road and railway, and the river expanded to fill the entire gorge. This stranded thousands of tourists in the village, and the only way out was by helicopter or by crossing one of the high Alpine passes.
- Austria. The Tyrol and Vorarlberg states of Austria saw many areas cut off by flooded roads. Several floodings and landslides were reported in Lower Austria and Styria.
- Germany. The floods took on a political dimension ahead of the 2005 German general election, with some in Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democratic party hinting the opposition conservatives in Bavaria could have done more to prevent the damage. Swiss Reinsurance, the world's second-largest reinsurer, said losses from the flooding could reach 1bn Swiss francs (£440m) in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
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