Warsaw/Prague – In Poland and the Czech Republic, water levels in many rivers have risen sharply following persistent rainfall. Two villages near the city of Opole in Silesia had to be evacuated. In the Czech Republic, the third flood level has been declared in several regions, the CTK news agency reported.
Elsewhere, sudden heavy rain caused flooding. Czech television broadcast footage from the village of Mikulovice near the Polish border. There, you can see how the water flooded houses, garages and streets in the early morning.
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“The water flowed down into the village from the surrounding fields,” it was said. The fire brigade offered the residents the opportunity to seek safety in the local gymnasium. However, so far no one has taken advantage of this.
In the southern Bohemian town of Budweis (Ceske Budejovice), firefighters have been erecting flood protection walls since Friday evening. They loaded sandbags onto the Maltsch River and erected a prefabricated barrier on the banks of the Vltava.
According to meteorologists, river levels in the Czech Republic will continue to rise over the weekend. In some places, 50 to 110 litres of rain per square metre has already fallen since Friday.
Two villages in Poland evacuated
The situation is also serious in southwest Poland. In the Opole region, the Biala Glucholaska river overflowed its banks. 400 residents had to be brought to safety from the village of Glucholazy near the Czech border. Interior Minister Tomasz Simoniak was on site and posted pictures of the rescue workers’ work on X.
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One hundred firefighters and 60 police officers were deployed in the village, wrote Simoniak. Some residents also had to be evacuated from the village of Morow because the river Mora had overflowed its banks. In total, the fire department carried out 400 operations in the region.
The Meteorological Institute expects continued rainfall. The alarm level has already been exceeded at 35 water measuring stations, the institute reported on X.
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