For example, in some areas of the Eagle Mountains, according to data from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, up to 30 mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours, mostly between 12:00 and 14:00 today. In Olešnice in the Orlické Mountains, local volunteer firefighters and professional firefighters from Dobruška station were clearing up the consequences of heavy rain. Technical assistance units also dealt with the weather in Nashodsk.

A strong storm and heavy rain caused a local problem in Jesenice on Sunday afternoon. The villages of Flech, Filka Kras and Bernartes were the worst affected. Gardens, cellars and some parts of the roads were flooded.

“We are registering about 17 departures. The vast majority of them are in the village of Vlčice. At around 6 pm we are pumping water and mud from the cellars,” Radek Burianek, a spokesman for the regional fire department, said, adding that several volunteers and one professional unit from Jeseník station were dealing With the situation directly in the affected areas. . By then, the weather in Jesenice had calmed down.


After a storm swept through Prague in the early evening of August 26, 2022, firefighters had to remove a tree over the tram tracks on Ječná Street

A man was killed by a falling tree in Liberec. A severe thunderstorm warning is still in effect

The firefighters had their hands full in Bruntalsk, too. Although the Obatis River did not even reach its first flood stage on Sunday, the local part of Albrechtes was flooded with water and mud from the surrounding fields. Almost at the place where the Město Albrechtice bus stop is Linhart junction, muddy water rolls from the fields on the first class I / 57. This is the main traffic route from Krnov in the direction of the Bartultovice Vysoká border crossing. The channels under the road couldn’t keep up with the onslaught of water from the torrential rain. Even the tracks couldn’t slow down the muddy water wave.

The meteorologist’s warning of strong storms at this moment applies only to part of the Moravian-Silesian region, but the danger should pass by evening.