Clean-up work underway in wake of heavy storms

A clean-up operation is underway in the south-western parts of the country which were hit by severe storms on Sunday afternoon. The Strakonice and Prachatice regions were particularly hard hit, with flash floods reported in the town of Stachy and its surroundings.

Rain water and mudslides from fields made a number of smaller roads impassable and train traffic was suspended between Dačice and Slavonice in the Jindřichův Hradec region due to suspected erosion beneath a section of the railway line. The extent of the damage is being investigated.

Trains on the line from České Budějovice to Linz in Austria were also suspended due to fallen trees on the tracks, resulting in delays.

Prague’s international airport had 60 mm of rainfall in an hour and had to suspended check-ins until the storm abated.