Clean-up operation in Zlin region following flash floods

An extensive clean-up operation is underway in Valašské Klobouky and surrounding villages in the Zlín region following flash floods on Monday afternoon. Over eighty professional and volunteer firefighters were called to assist the local settlements, building sandbag dams and pumping water from cellars and gardens late into the night. They are now cleaning sewage drains and local houses from stones and mud. The extent of the damage is yet to be calculated. These are the second flash floods to hit the area in a fortnight.