Water management authorities releasing water from reservoirs

The Czech water management authorities have been releasing water from the country's reservoirs so as to increase their capacity for an incoming flow of water. There is now room for an extra 751 million cubic metres of water in the country’s water basins and reservoirs, Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný said on Thursday evening.

Due to the extreme rainfall forecast, the Czech Republic was not able to comply with Germany’s request to reduce the flow of the Elbe because of the collapsed bridge in Dresden. In fact the authorities have warned that the flow may increase sharply in all the countries’ rivers as the ground becomes saturated. Czechia is in contact with water management authorities in neighbor states regarding the situation.