North Moravia comes to terms with worst floods in over a decade

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:08:46 +0200North Moravia comes to terms with worst floods in over a decadehttps://english.radio.cz/north-moravia-comes-terms-worst-floods-over-a-decade-8583401© 2026 Radio Prague International The clean-up operations have begun in northern Moravia following the region’s worst flooding in over a decade, in which 11 lives were lost. Hundreds of families were evacuated from their homes while thousands in the region remain without gas and electricity. On Thursday, Prime Minister Jan Fischer pledged millions of crowns, and 1,000 soldiers, to help pick up the pieces in the areas worst affected. Earlier today, I spoke to Czech Radio’s Igor Horváth in Ostrava, I asked him first about how the situation had developed there overnight: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/povodne3_1.jpg?timestamp=1591329027 North Moravia comes to terms with worst floods in over a decade https://english.radio.cz/north-moravia-comes-terms-worst-floods-over-a-decade-8583401 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9