The state of danger was declared by Governor Josef Bělica (ANO) after a meeting of the Central Flood Commission. It is the lowest of the crisis states that the authorities of the Czech Republic can declare in response to an extraordinary event; more serious crisis situations are a state of emergency, a state of threat to the state and a state of war.
“So far, roughly 30 percent of the predicted precipitation that should come has fallen. However, the soil has become saturated and almost all further rainfall will now run off through surface runoff. Non-negligible precipitation awaits us on Monday as well,” Hladík warned.
A woman was bathing in the flooded Malša in České Budějovice. She was said to be attracted by the power of water
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The minister did not rule out that a state of danger could be declared in other regions as well. “We are monitoring developments in Central Moravia and South Moravia,” he said.
According to the Minister of Agriculture Marek Výborný (KDU-ČSL), it is necessary to take preventive measures. “The situation is the most complex in the Odra basin, namely in the Krnovsko and Opavsko regions, where we do not have so many retention areas available. A relatively large-scale evacuation of citizens cannot be ruled out,” the minister said.
According to Interior Minister Vít Rakušan (STAN), the Czech Republic is managing the situation so far, but evacuations may occur. “I would like to point out that every municipality has its own evacuation plan,” he noted.
For example, in the Kutnohorsk region, there is a risk of a pond dam breaking. “There will be more such individual events in the Czech Republic, not all of them can be predicted,” he noted.
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Splavní Street on the Porubka River after the evacuation of residents, Ostrava (picture from September 14)