Flood danger recedes in Moravia

The clean up after the floods has started in most parts of Moravia in spite of overnight rain. River levels stabilised and are expected to continue falling on Saturday. The highest level of flood alert applied on Friday at only one site in the south of the country. As flooding eased, more than a dozen cases of subsidence have been registered with at least three houses demolished as a result. Hundreds of people evacuated from their homes have been allowed back in northern and central Moravia, including the town of Troubky. It was the symbol of the devastating 1997 floods in Moravia.

Power companies have called off their state of emergency with supplies being connected again. The floods have claimed one victim to date, a 69-year-old woman who died in her garden when the River Olše burst its banks at Třinec last Sunday. The Ministry of Regional Development promised up to 30,000 crowns to households that suffered flooding and 150,000 crowns to those whose homes had been destroyed.