Similar weather expected in southern Germany and parts of Austria, Poland, and Slovakia over coming days
forecasters expanded a warning for extreme rainfall to areas of the country including the capital, which suffered catastrophic flooding more than 20 years ago.
“Data shows we are facing uneasy days,” Czech prime minister Petr Fiala told a televised briefing after a crisis committee meeting, adding that in some places water levels may exceed flooding coming on average once in 100 or more years.
Prague mayor Bohuslav Svoboda said on Czech television that waters in the city, which sits on the banks of the Vltava river spanned by the picturesque 14th century Charles Bridge, were expected to peak on Saturday night.“We are acting in a preventive mode and we believe that starting anti-flood measures now, we believe the situation of 2002 will not repeat itself,” he said.
The most heavy rain was still expected in the country's east and northeast, which are drained by the Elbe , Danube and Oder rivers flowing to Germany, Slovakia and Poland, respectively.
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