Across Moravia, situation after floods improves slowly

Most swollen rivers in Moravia have started going down, though complications caused by flooding remain in many areas. Only the lower part of the Morava in south Moravia continued to rise on Wednesday; its water levels are expected to start dropping on Thursday. In North Moravia, flooded soils have started moving; three houses had to be demolished as a consequence. Some of the hundreds of people evacuated earlier on Wednesday from the south Moravian town of Troubky were able to return home. Troubky was devastated by floods in 1997. Thousands of homes remain without power. Forecasters say it will continue to rain for the next few days. The floods have claimed one victim to date, a woman of 69 who drowned in her garden in Třinec on Sunday after the River Olše burst its banks.