Severe flooding has been causing havoc in some parts of Poland, leaving two people missing and dozens homeless.

A total of 1,200 buildings have been flooded around the country.The authorities in three cities and 30 regions have declared floodalerts, according to local reports.

In the southeastern part that was worst hit by the disaster, more than 10,000 hectares of land were submerged, with two youths missing on Saturday. Fire services gave up rescue efforts on Sunday as chances of their survival became negligible due to the low temperatures and torrential flow of water.

In the northeast, severe flooding was again reported during thecourse of the day following initial assessments that the situationwas improving.

A number of families were forced to evacuate their homes in thetown of Bartoszyce, close to the border with Russia's Kaliningrad.Water levels in the town were over a meter higher than normal.

Further west in the town of Braniewo, located in the popular Mazurian lakes region, water levels in the Pasleka river reached nine meters, flooding cellars in low-lying urban areas.

The flooding was caused by snowmelt as a result of the ongoing temperature.

Source: Xinhua