Floods claim three lives, seven people missing

The police have confirmed the first three casualties of the floods. A woman drowned in the Krasovka River in the Bruntál region, two people, a man and a woman were found dead in Krnov and seven people are reported missing. There is no trace so far of the three missing people whose car fell into a turbulent river in the Jesenice region on Saturday. A fifty-four-year-old man who fell into a swollen stream in the Uherské Hradiště region on Saturday also disappeared without trace. Firemen and rescue teams narrowly saved several people from drowning, including three young children. The authorities have appealed to the public not to take risks and above all to refrain from adrenalin sports such as trying to sail down the swollen rivers in boats or on rafts.

The most tragic floods in the history of the Czech Republic claimed 50 lives in July 1997. The 2020 floods claimed nine casualties and seventeen people died in the 2002 floods. The police and local authorities said that getting an early warning of the floods thanks to more advanced meteorological models was a huge advantage that helped protect both lives and property.