Storms batter Moravia

Storms battered Moravia, the eastern part of the Czech Republic, late Saturday and through the night hours bringing down electricity lines, trees and causing local flooding in many areas. The storm damaged the Prague-Ostrava railway line in the late afternoon bringing train transport to a halt. Although emergency crews worked around-the-clock transport along the line was only renewed at 8 am on Sunday. Fire-fighters are still out in force helping with clean-up operations.