Extreme risk of flooding in parts of western Bohemia

The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has increased its flood warning for western Bohemia, with part of the Plzeň Region now at an extreme risk of flooding (the third and highest level in the Czech flood warning system). Heavy rainfall over the weekend threatens to cause water levels in the Mže and Radbuza rivers to rise sharply and potentially burst their banks. Lower levels of flood warning are also present in other parts of western Bohemia in the Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Ustí nad Labem and Central Bohemian regions, as well as the western part of South Bohemia.