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Bad weather batters Czech Republic

Xinhua, January 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bad weather battered the Czech Republic in the weekend, fallen trees caused by strong winds hampered rail transport and damaged power supply to hundreds of households, rainfall together with melted snow raised the water level of many rivers.

Some rail tracks blocked by fallen trees, Czech Rail (CD) registered 26 such cases and four breakdowns of electric traction from Saturday morning to Sunday noon. No one was reported injured. CD spokeswoman Radka Pistoriusova said trains were stopped in no more than 50 cases throughout the weekend.

The swollen rivers capsized a raft with five people on the Ohre River at Jakubov in the Karlovy Vary vicinity and one of the crew members has been missing to date.

Strong winds damaged power supply to hundreds of households in the country particularly in the west of Bohemia on Saturday, the situation has been improved on Sunday afternoon, only dozens of families are living without power. Endit