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Firefighters responded to dozens of calls on the night from Friday to Saturday due to heavy rain. In central Bohemia, 29 emergencies were reported in the course of the night. The firefighters were called mainly to drain water from flooded cellars and remove fallen trees.

Much of the western part of Czechia is currently being threatened by floods. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has declared the highest flood-warning level for part of the Plzeň region, namely the Mže and Radbuza Rivers, which could potentially burst their banks.

Heavy rain has also raised water levels in the Šumava Mountains in southern Bohemia. First-degree flood alert is now on place on the Ostružná and Křemelná Rivers.

A ceremony was held on Saturday at Prague’s Ďáblice Cemetery to remember the child victims of Czechoslovakia’s communist regime. The event, which falls on International Children’s Day, was organised by the civic association BEZkomunistu.cz.

There are 43 gravestones of children at the Ďáblice cemetery who were born in prisons and died due to insufficient care or after being mistreated. There are also an unspecified number of children who were buried at sites without any names or other details.

The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has increased its flood warning for western Bohemia, with part of the Plzeň Region now at an extreme risk of flooding (the third and highest level in the Czech flood warning system). Heavy rainfall over the weekend threatens to cause water levels in the Mže and Radbuza rivers to rise sharply and potentially burst their banks. Lower levels of flood warning are also present in other parts of western Bohemia in the Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Ustí nad Labem and Central Bohemian regions, as well as the western part of South Bohemia.

Trust in President Petr Pavel has fallen slightly since last year but still remains at over 50 percent, according to the latest STEM survey. Last May, 60 percent of Czechs said they trusted the head of state, while this year that number has fallen to 53 percent.

Young people have more confidence in him than older people, with 63 percent of under-29s saying they trust him, while only 43 percent of people aged over 60 reported the same.

People with a university education were most likely to say they trusted him, followed by people with secondary education and a school leaving exam, while people with a primary school education and vocational training were the only socio-economic group from the survey where a majority of people said they did not trust him.