2002 Vltava and Labe River Flood - Zalezlice, CZ
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ToRo61
N 50° 18.464 E 014° 26.274
33U E 459973 N 5572998
As far as an roof of the bus stop flood level reached in 2002 in village Zalezlice
Waymark Code: WMEB4M
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/30/2012
Views: 85
Zalezlice is a village and municipality in Melník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
In August 2002 the whole village Zalezlice was flooded by Vltava and Labe river.
The floods, which surpassed in size all the floods in the Czech Republic, which are kept historical records. 504 villages were flooded, a thousand homes and 73 bridges was destroyed and 220,000 people was evacuated. Prague was witnessed five hundred years flood.
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: painted line on bus stop
When did this occur?: 2002
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.