150 evacuated following storms, renewed flooding

Heavy rain complicated conditions and led to renewed flooding in seventeen towns and villages in northern Moravia late on Friday. Overnight rescue crews worked to save 64 people and evacuate 150 individuals after their homes were hit by floodwaters. One person, a volunteer fire fighter, was reported missing and crews found his body on Saturday. He is the 12th flood victim in the area. Meteorologists are warning, meanwhile, that the danger is not over: emergency warnings remain in effect and areas of northern and central Moravia, as well as southern Bohemia, could be hit by additional flooding in the coming days. More than 500 soldiers are now on site in Moravia operating heavy machinery, and additional backup is on the way. Damage caused by the flash floods, which began on Wednesday, has already been estimated in the hundreds of millions of crowns.