Stormy weekend puts flood areas on alert

Heavy weekend rainfall is causing concern of further flooding around the Czech Republic. Storms lasting through the night on Friday saw firemen sent to 75 areas around Central Bohemia, and continual showers with occasional torrential rains have put flood areas on alert across the country. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute is forecasting heavy afternoon and evening storms with rainfall up to 50 millimetres an hour for the west of the Czech Republic. Heavy flooding at the end of June in South Bohemia and in northern and central Moravia caused 14 deaths, hundreds of evacuations and more than 6 billion crowns in damages.