Moravia sees fresh floods on Monday, South Bohemia at high risk

While water levels have started receding in some areas, over 200 places in the Czech Republic remain on flood alert, one-third of them on the highest flood warning level. The situation is reported to be critical in several places - on the Chrudimka River, Opava River and the Odra River.

A fifty-meters-long crack appeared in the dam at the confluence of the Opava and Odra rivers, letting out a stream of 100 cubic metres of water per second and directly threatening Ostrava and Opava, parts of which were flooded. Ostrava has started evacuating inhabitants from some areas of the city. Litovel in the Olomouc Region was flooded on Monday morning and there are fears the situation could worsen in Olomouc and several location in the South Moravian Region.

The situation has worsened severely in South Bohemia where the highest flood level warning is in force in 13 places, and according to forecasts the belt of rain will move westwards. Forecasts predict  rain not only on Monday, but also on Tuesday and possibly Wednesday. Firefighters and emergency crews are on stand-by for evacuation.