North-west regions braced for fresh floods

People in the north-western regions of the country are scrambling to secure their homes after meteorologists warned they could be hit by fresh floods in the coming days. Thousands of homes in the Liberec region remain uninhabitable after last weekend’s devastating flash floods which claimed five lives and caused billions of crowns in damages. A belt of rain moving across the country is now likely to put at risk the Plzen, Liberec and Ustí nad Labem regions with meteorologists predicting persistent rain and high winds for several days. As water levels rise people have been warned to stay off the country’s rivers, after a 16 year-old-girl drowned on a canoeing trip last weekend.