Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels on Sunday.
Meteorologists have warned the situation still might get worse as waters in most rivers are rising, the flood wave made its way through the country and more heavy rains could return overnight.
"There's no reason to wait," Mayor Tomáš Navrátil told the Czech public radio.
He said the situation was worse than during the last devastating floods in 1997, known as the "flood of the century."
"We have to focus on saving lives," Prime Minister Petr Fiala told the Czech public television Sunday.
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Tomáš Navrátil, Petr Fiala
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Europe, Czech Republic, Polish, Opava, Czech