This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page This morning, 48 locations across Czechia were under flood alert with four areas along the Elbe River at the highest risk. According to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) 10 areas reported a reduced flood alert by 5 a.m The warning issued by meteorologists pertains to potential stream flooding around the Elbe and Morava rivers and the lower sections of the Vltava and Ohře rivers and Kostelec nad Labem in the Mělník (Central Bohemia) area woke to the Elbe River at level-three flood danger (the highest) the Vltava River in Český Krumlov (South Bohemia) fluctuated between dangerous levels around midnight before being downgraded to a lower-level alert three hours later Velká voda v ÄŒelákovicích. #povoden #celakovice #velkavoda pic.twitter.com/T6mRoVQzEn other areas like Trmice on the Bílina River in the Ústí nad Labem region and Nové Sady in Olomouc reported flood alerts in the early hours The ČHMÚ has set a low-level flood alert for Prague as of Thursday morning and Poděbrady areas (all Central Bohemia) have an extreme-danger level alert The entirety of southwest and northeast Czechia is without risk water levels in rivers nationwide are expected to fall with the exclusion of areas around the Ústí nad Labem region "The peak of the river level in Ústí nad Labem should come late tonight and from tomorrow [water levels in the] Elbe River should gradually fall too,” said a Czech Television meteorologist The rise in river levels commenced prior to Christmas Eve due to substantial rainfall and subsequent snowmelt from significant temperature jumps Prague activated preventive measures due to the rising water levels The city's flood authority implemented closed floodplains and activated barriers along the Vltava leading some residents to evacuate homes preemptively firefighters’ technical interventions surged multiple-fold surpassing regular intervention rates on Tuesday Your morning coffee deserves a great companion. Why not enjoy it with our daily newsletter? News from Czechia, curated insights, and inspiring stories in English.