Firefighters out in force in wake of severe storms

Firefighters were out in force on Sunday as heavy storms hit the south-western parts of the country, flooding roads and gardens. The Strakonice and Prachatice regions were particularly badly hit, with flash floods reported in the town of Stachy and its surroundings.

Clean-up work is also underway in the eastern parts of the country  following heavy storms in the Vysočina and Pardubice regions. Firefighters and emergency crews were called to dozens of emergencies, pumping water from cellars, clearing fallen trees from roads and rail tracks and in one case a mudslide from afield onto a local road. Some areas had torrential rain, with over fifty millimeters of rain falling in the space of half an hour. Several roofs are reported to have been damaged.