Heavy rain causes local flooding in Moravia and Silesia

Heavy rain in the night hours is reported to have caused local floods in the eastern parts of the country. The river Brumovka in the Zlin region burst its banks in several localities, flooding nearby fields, roads and houses and even sweeping a car off the road near the town of Broumov. The driver managed to escape to safety. Water levels are now gradually subsiding and the situation is expected to stabilize in the course of the morning .