Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in parts of the Czech Republic on Saturday (Sept 14), triggering evacuations and power outages.
The northern and northeastern areas bore the brunt of the deluge and 51,000 households had their electricity supply cut off.
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The northern and northeastern areas bore the brunt of the deluge and 51,000 households had their electricity supply cut off.
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00:00Heavy rainfall in parts of the Czech Republic on Saturday has led to severe flooding, evacuations
00:07and power outages.
00:09The northern and northeastern regions were hardest by the deluge, with 51,000 households
00:14losing power.
00:16Residents of towns near the Czech-Polish border were evacuated as rivers exceeded alert levels.
00:22Authorities and residents were gearing up for more rain on Sunday as forecasters warned
00:28that some areas could receive over a third of their average annual rainfall.
00:32Environment Minister Petr Hladik urged people in the worst-hit areas to prepare to leave
00:37their homes.