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Firefighters intervene in Moravia and Silesia, large water flooded the streets and cellars

In Jeseník nad Odrou, water flooded one apartment in a retirement home. Moravian-Silesian firefighters are also draining the lagoon, which was created near the cultural house. “By digging the gutters, they prevented the transformer from being flooded,” the spokesman said.

And Studénce according to him, it is now waiting for the water to subside in the Butovický stream, which spilled into the city. “A lot of streets are impassable. A lot of flooded cellars will be drained,” Kozák said.

Also South Moravian Firefighters have recently seen an increase in the number of exits, mostly in the vicinity of Pohořelice in the Brno region. They draw water from flooded areas, they also had to remove fallen branches from roads. Around 20:30, firefighters informed about 40 departures in connection with the weather, during the evening, due to the weather forecast, more can be expected.

In the Břeclav region, meteorologists recorded a strong storm with hailstones over three centimeters in size. Locally, according to the issued warning, torrential rain is expected with possible intensive outflow of water from the slopes, rapid distribution of small streams and dry riverbeds or flooding of underpasses, underpasses and cellars.

According to the forecasting service of the Czech Hydrometeorological Office, heavy thunderstorms accompanied by hail also occurred on the border of the South Moravian and Olomouc regions. There may be local flooding and short-term sharp rises in smaller streams.

Firefighters v Olomouc Region due to early storms with torrential rain, they have so far registered two dozen trips to fallen trees or flooded cellars. Most events are in the Prostějov and Olomouc regions. This was announced by firefighter spokeswoman Lucie Balážová. The storms in the Olomouc region have already stopped.

“After strong evening storms, we record 20 trips to the fallen trees and to the pumping of cellars in the region. The interventions mainly concern the Prostějov and Olomouc regions. We also monitor the flow in Šumvald,” said Balážová. Šumvald in the Olomouc region was hit by local floods at the beginning of June.

In Droždín near Olomouc, water flowing from the fields in the early evening threatened the local transformer station. “We are in place and we are solving the situation,” Balážová added.

The levels of watercourses in the Olomouc Region did not increase significantly after torrential rains. The lowest first degree of flood activity, ie vigilance, applies only to Hloučele near Plumlov and on the Brodečka watercourse in Otaslavice in the Prostějov region.

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