Latest news Further evacuations due to flooding in the Czech Republic

The storms with high water and flooding continue to keep the emergency services in the Czech Republic on their toes. The border area with Poland in the east of the country is particularly affected. On Sunday night, the mayor of Cesky Tesin ordered the evacuation of several thousand residents from the city center. The Olsa, a tributary of the Oder, was threatening to burst its banks.

Thousands of people had already been forced to leave their homes in Opava on the river of the same name due to the acute risk of flooding. The city's largest prefabricated housing estate was among those affected. People also had to be evacuated to safety in Krnov and other towns. In the Jeseníky Mountains, the 2000-inhabitant community of Ceska Ves was cut off from the outside world by the masses of water from the Bela. According to forecasts, the rainfall was not expected to let up until Monday at the earliest.

In the south-west of the Czech Republic, the Husinec dam in the foothills of the Bohemian Forest overflowed due to the floods. However, the communities below along the Blanice were warned in good time. The situation on the Vltava and Elbe was much more relaxed than initially feared. The second flood alert level ("standby") was reached at the gauge in Usti nad Labem (Aussig on the Elbe). At the Prague-Vyton gauge, the level of the Vltava was around 2.17 meters above the zero level on Sunday morning.

SDA