(16 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:
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Ostrava, Czech Republic – 16 September 2024
1. Various drone shots of inundated area ++MUTE++
2. Wide of flooded house
3. Pan of house and flooded river
4. Mid of people on boat
5. Mid of chicken on box in floodwater
6. Mid of ducks in floodwater
7. Close of box in water
8. Mid of flooded river
9. Wide of flooded house
10. Wide of inundated cars
11. Wide of flooded street
12. Various of people in a Red Cross evacuation centre
13. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Johana Habiballa, Red Cross spokesperson:
"Currently we provide psychological and social support, we learn of their basic needs, we provide them with hygiene items and with psychological care."
14. Various of IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association ) volunteers helping evacuated children
STORYLINE:
Days of heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and forced evacuations in several Central European countries, including the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland and Romania.
Slovakia and Hungary might come next as a result of a low pressure system from northern Italy dumping record rainfall in the region since last Thursday.
The floods have killed six people in Romania and one each in Austria and Poland.
In the Czech Republic, four people who were swept away by waters were missing, police said.
Most parts of the Czech Republic have been affected as authorities on Sunday declared the highest flood warnings at around 100 places across the country.
But the situation was worst in two north-eastern regions that recorded the biggest rainfall in recent days, and tens of thousands of people have been asked to move to higher ground.
The Oder River that flows to Poland was reaching extreme levels in the city of Ostrava and in Bohumin, prompting evacuations.
Parts of Ostrava, the regional capital, and third-largest Czech city, were still under water on Monday, and centres had been set up for those asked to leave their homes.
Mayor Jan Dohnal said the city will face major traffic disruptions in the days to come.
Almost no trains were operating in the region.
The weather change arrived following a hot start to September in the region.
Scientists have documented Earth’s hottest summer, breaking a record set just a year ago.
A hotter atmosphere, driven by human-caused climate change, can lead to more intense rainfall.
AP video by Jan Geberz and Darko Bandic
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