Vltava - 14th August 2002 (Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic)
N 50° 14.438 E 014° 18.650
33U E 450856 N 5565613
The depicted small bronze plaque, located on the front facade of Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Wenceslaus, indicates the water level of Vtava river during the most catastrophic floods in the Czech history in August 2002...
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/14/2014
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The depicted small bronze plaque, located on the front facade of neo-Gothic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Wenceslaus (Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie a Sv. Václava), indicates the water level of Vtava (Moldau) river during the most catastrophic floods in the Czech history in August 2002.
In summer 2002 the Czech Republic and southeast Germany suffered heavy flooding along the rivers Vltava (Moldau) and Labe (Elbe). The cause was heavy rain, espe-cially on 7-8 and 11-13 August. It had also rained heavily in the Alps earlier in the summer. The peak water levels were 7.5 m above average for the Moldau and 9.4 m above average for the Elbe. The flood had devastating consequences. Villages and towns, large areas of arable land, roads, streets and industrial areas were flooded. Thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and several hospitals were evacuated. The flood put a strain on the entire community, both at the emergency stage and in the long term, but neither panic nor chaos ever arose. In total, 17 people lost their lives in the Czech Republic due to the floods, and damage from the flood was estimated at between 70-73 billions CZK (3 billions USD).