After the meeting of the special crisis team, the Prime Minister Czech said that weather forecasts for the country “unfortunately do not change”. In some places, up to 400 liters of water per square meter could fall by Monday. The highest level of warnings related to heavy rains is not only in the west Czech.
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The Czechs are preparing for a big flood
The Czech Ministry of the Environment has warned that the flood threat will be “extreme” in many parts of the country. It could be particularly dangerous in the Czech-Moravian Highlands and the Jeseníky Mountains.
For that water may exceed once-in-a-century levels. Prime Minister Fiala also warned that in some rivers the water levels may soon reach the levels recorded once every 50, and in some places once every 100 yearsOnly in the western part Czech the risk of heavy rain and flooding is lower.
For the coming flood wave the authorities of the country's capital are preparing, among others, Prague. At 7:00 PM the flood embankments will be closedand in some places in the city center flood barriers will be built – announced the press spokesman of the city office Tadeáš Provazník. In addition, river traffic on the Vltava will be suspended on Saturday.
Due to the threat of falling trees, the authorities of the Podyjí National Park discourages entering forests. Also in the city of Uherské Hradiště, city parks were closed due to forecasted heavy rain and strong winds.
One hundred thousand people on standby
Minister of Interior Vít Rakušan announced that the state is ready to help in eliminating the consequences of the attack. almost 100 thousand firefightersincluding volunteers. They will remain on standby throughout the weekend.
As the minister added, firefighters are currently delivering sandbags to the threatened areas and helping local authorities to organize preparations for the coming flood.
The Czech police provided a total of five helicopterswhich will be available for use in Prague, Brno and Ostrava. The Czech army is also on standby, providing engineering troops and two helicopters.
Flood of the Century in the Czech Republic? The Threat is Real
Forecasters warn that the rainfall will become increasingly heavier from Friday, when most of it Czech will fall from 40 to 80 mm of watermostly in the north. In the Jeseníky mountain range, the total precipitation can locally reach 100 mm.
Heavy rains will continue to fall on the night from Friday to Saturday and in Saturday. According to the forecast, the first day of the weekend will be heavy again and the total rainfall will reach 40-80 mmand in Jeseníky in some places even about 200 mm.
Only on Sunday will we be able to count on slightly milder weather. On that day, rainfall totals in most of the Czech Republic will range from 10 to 50 mm, although locally in the mountains in the north, up to 100 litres of water per square metre may fall.
Together from Thursday to Sunday in the southeast up to 300 mm of rain may fallbut there will be more water in the mountains. The situation in the mountains is the most worrying Jeseníkywhere a total of over 400 mm of water could fall.
The threat of a repeat of the catastrophic floods of 1997 and 2002 is still real.
Source: CT24.ceskatelevize.cz, CHMI
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