At least 23 people have now died in Europe’s flood disaster as Austria begins planning for “years” of reconstruction and the European Union has pledged aid worth billions of euros. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday visited the Polish city of Wrocław, where the flood wave has now peaked, and promised EU aid for regions affected by the severe flooding that hit Central and Eastern Europe in recent days. Von der Leyen said that €10 billion ($11.1 billion) could initially be made available from so-called cohesion funds, one of the largest posts in the EU budget. The EU’…