Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:59:11 +0200Illegally dumped waste leaves 40-km stretch of Bečva River effectively “dead”https://english.radio.cz/illegally-dumped-waste-leaves-40-km-stretch-becva-river-effectively-dead-8693203© 2026 Radio Prague International The river Bečva, in Moravia, has been struck by the worst environmental disaster in over a decade. A forty-kilometre stretch of the river near Přerov was contaminated by cyanide from an unknown source several days ago. Since then fishermen have netted over thirty tons of dead fish from the river which experts say has been totally devastated. I spoke to Pavel Vrána from the Czech Fishing Association about the extent of the disaster.   encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/b4637e25319c5ca55a5c77173a8d2125.jpg?timestamp=1601034996 Illegally dumped waste leaves 40-km stretch of Bečva River effectively “dead” https://english.radio.cz/illegally-dumped-waste-leaves-40-km-stretch-becva-river-effectively-dead-8693203 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9