Czech army builds 19 bridges and 2 footbridges after September floods

The army has now built nineteen bridges and two footbridges in the regions affected by the September floods, with four more bridges and two footbridges currently under construction, Karel Čapek from the Department of Communications of the Ministry of Defense told ČTK on Friday.

Up to a thousand soldiers have been assigned to help with the consequences of the floods until the end of November. The government estimates the total damage at 45 to 50 billion crowns, with the Moravian-Silesian region (where the damage is tentatively estimated at 20 to 30 billion crowns) and the Olomouc region (15 to 20 billion crowns) the worst affected.