Central Europe is still under threat from Cyclone Boris. Several countries in the region, including the Czech Republic, are on alert and rain continues to fall unabated.
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With our correspondent in Prague, Alexis Rosenzweig
The situation is complicated and relatively worrying, with river levels still rising and rain falling incessantly in Prague, where flood barriers have been erected on the banks of the Vltava River in several parts of the city. Some districts were devastated during the last major floods in 2002.
But it is especially in the north of the Czech Republicin the mountains on the border with the Polandthat the situation is most worrying at present, especially in the regions of Frydlant and Jesenik. South Bohemia is also affected, near Austria.
Evacuation plans are being put into place
As of Saturday morning, September 14, there were already nearly 150 localities on flood alert level and around thirty municipalities on maximum alert level, with evacuation plans being put in place. Transport is complicated by the wind, which is causing trees to fall on the roads. As of Saturday morning, there were already more than 60,000 homes without electricity.
According to the authorities, the next few hours will be crucial. In Prague, the water level is expected to rise throughout the day and reach its highest point on the night of Saturday into Sunday.
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