Fwd: Floods in the Czech Republic

[Neil Bermel]

I received the following message from the Czech Embassy in London
about the recent floods.   Please contact them directly if you can
help in any of the ways specified.

Neil Bermel

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>
>Subject: Floods in the Czech Republic
>Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:53:27 +0200
>
>Please find enclosed a press release regarding floods in the Czech
>Republic. We are trying to make this information available to as many as
>possible. Updates are also available at our website www.czechembassy.org.uk
>Thank you.
>____________________________________________________________________
>
>       Floods in the Czech Republic - Appeal
>
>Due to the heavy floods, the Czech Government has declared a State of
>Emergency and emergency services and the army are fully engaged in dealing
>with the crisis.
>The Czech authorities are advising that those currently outside Prague
>should not attempt to travel into the city. Therefore tourists planning to
>visit Prague or some other affected regions of the country are not advised
>for the time being to do so, unless their travel is absolutely essential.
>Most of the border crossings to Austria and Germany are currently closed.
>Railway and motorway networks are partially disrupted as well.
>
>The floods are not only concentrated in the historic part of Prague but
>vast parts of the Czech Republic are under water. Apart from the heart of
>Prague large districts "off the tourist track" are flooded. The disaster
>area includes Central, Southern, West and North Bohemia as well as Southern
>Moravia.
>A very important UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site outside Prague is also
>a victim of floods. The medieval town of âesk˜ Krumlov is completely under
>water.
>Industrial towns along the river Labe (Elbe) and Vltava are in danger.
>Flooded are chemical and pharmaceutical plants.
>
>The floods have cost already 13 lives. Material costs are at the moment
>hard to estimate but will be enormous. Over 200 000 people have been
>evacuated and the number will rise because in many areas the rivers have
>not reached the culmination point.
>
>The Czech Republic needs help.
>The International aid is coordinated by the Central Crises Committee
>through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the help of the respective
>Czech Embassies abroad.
>
>All offers of help from the UK, especially needed are suction and puddle
>pumps and dehumidifiers and chlorine based disinfectants (transport
>arranged by the Czech Airlines), should be faxed to the Embassy on: 020
>77279654. Needed is also heavy machinery.
>
>If people wish to contribute to the disaster fund, they should make the
>cheque payable to:
>       CZECH FLOOD RELIEF
>       and send it to:
>       The Embassy of the Czech Republic
>       26 Kensington Palace Gardens
>       London W8 4QY
>
>or payments by credit slip are accepted in any branch of Barclays Bank
>quoting the account details:
>       Bank Code: 20 - 47 - 35
>       Account Number: 80015563
>       Barclays, Knightsbridge International


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Neil Bermel
University of Sheffield
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
Sheffield S10 2TN England
+44 (0)114 222 7405
+44 (0)114 222 7416 fax

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