Highest flood warning level now only applies to one area

The highest flood warning level is now only in place for the lower part of the Elbe River, the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute has announced. Earlier on Thursday morning the highest alert level was in effect in four places.

A level 1 flood alert remains in place for the Vltava River in Prague's southwestern Chuchle district and a level 3 warning still applies in Český Krumlov, but no further rise in water levels is expected there.