Floods in the Southern Bohemia caused damages worth 359 million crowns

This September’s floods have been estimated to have caused 359 million crowns of damage in the South Bohemian region, according to regional governor’s office. The floods caused damage to dozens of municipalities, and the final damage assessment may yet rise. A number of streams in the region reached their highest flood levels, and flooding hit homes in Benešov nad Černou and Český Krumlov, among other places. Shortly after the floods, the Region decided to release approximately 30 million crowns for the affected municipalities. Across the whole country, the Moravian-Silesian and Olomouc regions were the worst affected by the floods, where the damage is in the billions of crowns.