Two brothers drowned trying to save their mom inside a home. Many elderly appear to have suffered heart attacks while they were awaiting help. Help did not arrive in time.
There are 1000′s of military members helping out with the rescue and there have been hundreds of people evacuated.
Some areas say this is the biggest flood that has occurred in over 10 years. As much as 3 inches of rain pelted down in two hours in the area of Novvy.
Even though the the river waters have started falling back into their banks, there are predictions of more rain to come. It will be heavy rains and Ostrava is getting ready for the hit.
Austria, the country next door, has also felt the invasion of flood waters in the western part of Vienna. The Albertina Museum had to have many valuable pieces of art removed due to water leaking into the basement area.
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