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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises Lithuanians travelling to Central Europe to exercise caution over floods caused by torrential rains.

Lithuania will send a team of rescuers and equipment to neighbouring Poland, which is ravaged by floods.

In response to the severe floods in Armenia and an international appeal by the Government of Armenia, Lithuania will contribute EUR 100,000 to the humanitarian response to the natural disaster, the Government has reported.

On Monday morning numerous Klaipėda residents had to resolve the problem of how to float their cars out of their yards and go to work. The Southern part of the port city was faced with severe flooding of its streets and yards.

An international rescue exercise is starting in the Kelmė district, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday where Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian officers will work on their skills to manage flood effects.

Two Lithuanian have died in Andalusia's province of Granada in Spain after heavy rains caused floods, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BNS on Wednesday.

A bus gets caught in heavy rain in the southern Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday - forcing rescue workers to evacuate passengers. "It was very unpleasant. There was water everywhere and you couldn't even see the seats anymore," says Ola Hansson who was evacuated from the bus.

A bus gets caught in heavy rain in the southern Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday - forcing rescue workers to evacuate passengers.