North-west regions braced for fresh floods

Meanwhile, north-western regions of the country are on high flood alert as water levels rise anew. Thousands of homes in the Liberec region remain uninhabitable after last weekend’s devastating flash floods which claimed five lives and caused billions of crowns in damages. Clean-up work has had to be put on hold and the locals are scrambling to make secure what they can. A belt of rain moving across the country is expected to bring several days of persistent rain and the water-logged ground is no longer able to soak up more rain water. The town of Ustí nad Labem was flooded on Friday with the authorities reporting extensive damages. As water levels rise people have been warned to stay off the country’s rivers, after a 16 year-old-girl drowned on a canoeing trip last weekend.