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09/17/2024
The government has approved the deployment of soldiers and equipment in the flood-hit areas of the Czech Republic. Up to 2,000 soldiers may be called up to join the clean-up effort from September 17 to October 31, Defence Minister Jana Černochová said on the social network X late on Monday. Seven army helicopters have been helping with the floods so far, while engineers from the 153rd Battalion in Olomouc have been assisting the effort on the ground. “The task of the Czech army is clear and we will do everything we can to help people cope with the consequences of this disaster as quickly as possible," the minister wrote.
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09/17/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala said the government would establish a working group which will consider how to allocate state funds to help municipalities repair the damage caused by the floods. The working group will be chaired by Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura, who said he was not ruling out the possibility of amending the state budget for this year, depending on the extent of the damage caused, which he estimates to be in the tens of billions of crowns.
The prime minister also confirmed that the State Material Reserves Administration would provide equipment needed for relief and clean-up efforts directly to municipalities and basic aid to individuals who had lost everything in the floods. This will involve drinking water tankers, especially for smaller municipalities that will have to deal with contamination of water sources, power generators, dryers, tents and blankets.
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09/16/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala (Civic Democratic Party) confirmed that the upcoming elections to regional councils and one-third of the Senate scheduled for this weekend will take place as planned. Following an extraordinary meeting of the government on its response to the flood crisis, the prime minister said that he firmly believed it was possible to overcome the complications of organizing the elections in the flood-hit regions. He assured voters that the Interior Ministry was already working on an action plan to help bring this about.
Earlier on Monday, Environment Minister Petr Hladik (Christian Democrats) said that in areas where it will not be possible to open polling stations on Friday and Saturday due to flooding or clean-up work, the ballots could be collected by specially assigned teams of volunteers. The regional and Senate elections are due to take place on Friday from 2pm till 10pm and on Saturday between 8 am and 2pm.
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09/16/2024
Firefighters have already rescued almost 500 people, including children, from Ostrava-Privoz, where evacuations began on Monday morning. 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 that directly threatened parts of Ostrava. The evacuations continued on Monday evening with boats and a helicopter. The evacuees are being transported by buses to an evacuation centre the town has set up at Černá louka. On Monday evening firemen managed to close part of the opening in the dam with 200 sandbags.
While water levels have started receding in some areas, 194 places in the Czech Republic remain on high flood alert. South Bohemia is now most at risk.
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09/16/2024
As the country battles against extreme floods, Prime Minister Petr Fiala has stressed the need to restore electricity supplies, the communications network and repair damaged roads as soon as possible. On a visit to some of the hardest-hit regions together with Interior Minister Vít Rakušan, the prime minister thanked firefighters, the rescue services and volunteers for the recue and relief efforts underway. "It is premature to estimate the damages; the state and local governments must now concentrate their efforts on the rapid restoration of the damaged infrastructure," Petr Fiala said. The interior minister said deliveries of tankers with drinking water to the flood-affected areas must be accelerated, and the primary needs of citizens must be taken care of.
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09/16/2024
Czechs have started contributing money in aid of those affected by the floods. A number of charity organizations have opened accounts for this purpose including People in Need, the Czech Red Cross, Charita Czech Republic and ADRA. People can also help by donating to Czech food banks.
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09/16/2024
The first attempt at looting in the areas affected by the floods has been reported from the Moravian-Silesian Region. According to the police it was an isolated case of looting on the premises of a private company in Ostrava. Moravian-Silesian Governor Josef Bělica has sharply condemned the incident and saying that such crimes merit the harshest penalties.
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09/16/2024
Tuesday should be partly cloudy with rain in the southern and western parts of the country and day temperatures between 17 and 21 degrees Celsius.
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09/16/2024
The Ministry of Interior is preparing a manual to help conduct the upcoming elections to regional councils and one-third of the Senate this weekend, Environment Minister Petr Hladik told reporters on Monday after a meeting of the Flood Control Commission. He said that postponing the elections would only be possible via a change of legislation, for which there is not much time. The minister said that in areas where it will not be possible to open polling stations on Friday and Saturday due to flooding or clean-up work, the ballots could be collected by specially assigned teams of volunteers. The regional and Senate elections are due to take place on Friday from 2pm till 10pm and on Saturday between 8 am and 2pm.
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09/16/2024
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.
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