Woman disappears in chaos amidst floods

A search is on for a fifty-year-old woman who went missing in the flash floods that hit north Bohemia on Saturday. The woman was from Benešov nad Ploučnicí, and was last seen by neighbours in her backyard when the town was hit by a two meter flood wave. Police and firefighters are combing the vicinity for her. She may be the only victim of the floods in the north of the country. Nationwide the floods claimed 14 lives and caused over 6 billion crowns in damages.