Thousand homes still without electricity after heavy snow

Around a thousand homes in the Czech Republic remained without electricity on Wednesday morning because of heavy snow. Power company CEZ said a state of calamity was still in place in a number of districts in Central Bohemia and Prague West and Prague East. A spokesperson said thousands of households had originally been affected but the number was now much lower as repair work continues. Meanwhile, several centimetres of fresh snow fell overnight in eastern parts of the country.

Author: Ian Willoughby