Date of entry

13/10/2009

Beneficiary

Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic

Location

* Czech Republic

Description

Reconstruction of damage caused by floods in June and July 2009.

Objectives

The proposed operation includes flood damage repair investments in four affected Czech river basins (South Bohemia, Ústi Region, Olomouc Region and Moravian Region) after the floods of summer 2009.

Comments

Sector(s)

* Water, sewerage, solid waste

Proposed EIB finance

CZK 7 000 million

Total cost

CZK 7 600 million

Environmental aspects

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation's disaster response system and increases the ability of national societies to respond to disasters.

CHF 295,187 (EUR 194,147 or USD 273,306) has been allocated from the International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate

PRAGUE, June 28, 2009 (AFP) - One man was killed and some 380 people were forced to flee their homes overnight as more flooding swept through the Czech Republic, police said Sunday.

Firefighters overnight evacuated several villages and two holiday resorts near Strakonice and Prachatice in the southwest, which has been hit with heavy rainfall.

The one fatality was a 47-year-old man whose body was found late Saturday in a river.

"He had no doubt been taken by surprise by the sudden rising of the water while he was trying to remove some machines

PRAGUE, June 26, 2009 (AFP) - The death toll in heavy floods that swept the Czech Republic this week has risen by two to 12, the CTK news agency said Friday, citing police sources.

A man drowned in the swollen Vltava river in south Bohemia on Thursday evening after his raft capsized, and an ill woman in the east of the country died because the ambulance could not make it to her house.

Weather forecasters warned the floods may return as a heavy downpour and storms are expected at the weekend.

"Storms may occasionally bring torrential

The Czech humanitarian organization People in Need has opened a Call for Donations to help the victims of floods, which have badly hit towns and villages in Moravia - the eastern part of the Czech Republic. According to the most recent information the floods have caused at least 11 casualties. Many houses are flooded or have collapsed and there is a huge damage on infrastructure. Meteorologists forecast high rain falls and have issued flood warnings on several other places in the country. The aid coordinated by People in Need will concentrate on immediate flood relief.