“The night crossing of strong storms results in significant complications of railway traffic due to failures of security equipment, fallen trees and the like,” said Dušan Gavenda, a spokesman for the Railway Administration. According to him, the company is continuously working on the commissioning of the tracks.
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The security equipment had a failure, for example, in Protivín in the Písek region, near Hluboká nad Vltavou in the České Budějovice region, Pacov in the Pelhřimov region or on the Ješetice – Střezimíř line in the Benešov region. Fallen trees stopped traffic on the Central Bohemian sections Kácov – Ledečko and Plaňany – Pečky and also on the line Březnice – Mirovice on the border of Central and Southern Bohemia. The current status can be monitored on the administration’s website here.
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The train ran into a tree between Choťovice and Převýšov on the border of the Central Bohemian and Hradec Králové regions, near Včelná in South Bohemia or between Úvaly and Český Brod near Prague. On this corridor line, traffic was maintained along the second track.
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The alert is starting to sound @CHMUCHMI on Very strong thunderstorms. We have an increased number of trips to the territory of the South Bohemian Region, mainly to fallen trees and branches. This warning also applies to the Central Bohemian, Plzeňský, Liberecký, Pardubický, Královehr., And Prague regions.https://t.co/qYdC7ZiJjA pic.twitter.com/XVIjFfS0Nx
– Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic (@hasici_cr) June 23, 2021
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There are big problems around Vraný nad Vltavou. Towards Davle, the track is destiny flooded, in the direction of Prague’s Zbraslav, flooded with mud and stones.
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Heavy rains also caused the levels of some streams to rise, and firefighters were busy due to fallen trees.
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“A strong storm of the Prague fire brigade employed more than thirty cases at night from Wednesday to Thursday morning. These were lagoons on roads, fallen trees or flowing rainwater into cellars and apartments. We also monitored Botič, who reached 3 SPAs and released his discharge on Rašínovo nábřeží. We are still intervening during the morning, mostly at the fallen trees, “said Martin Kavka, a spokesman for the Prague fire brigade.
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Thunderstorms and heavy rain occupied us in three dozen cases at night until 6 am. These were lagoons on roads, fallen trees or flowing rainwater into cellars and apartments.
We monitored Botič, who reached 3 SPAs and released his discharge on Rašínovo nábřeží. pic.twitter.com/3s63NVd5a5
– Firefighters Prague @ (@HasiciPraha) June 24, 2021
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The storms also led to an interruption in the supply of electricity to households.
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“Due to really strong storms, which swept through the Czech Republic at night from Wednesday to Thursday, we record 32 failures on high-voltage lines and about 9,900 households with limited electricity supplies, mainly in southern Bohemia, on Thursday morning. The most serious situation is in the Tábor region, in the vicinity of Týn nad Vltavou and in the Český Krumlov region. There were also short-term power outages in Písek at night due to a fault on a very high voltage line, but supplies were resumed during the night, “said Roman Šperňák, spokesman for E-ON, in the morning.
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