Severe storms that swept across Central Europe overnight triggered more than 1,300 emergency interventions in the Czech Republic and Poland, forcing the evacuation of children's camps and disrupting rail services, after meteorological agencies issued high-level warnings for the region.
Czech firefighters responded to 715 incidents from Friday afternoon, with the Central Bohemian Region hardest hit at 241 callouts. Two children's camps were evacuated in the Kutná Hora area, while 18 campers were relocated to a fire station in Kozlovice in the Moravian-Silesian Region after strong winds displaced tents. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute recorded up to 97 millimetres of rain in parts of the Příbram district, and Správa železnic restricted rail traffic on the Olbramovice–Benešov line due to track subsidence. All flood alerts have since been lifted.
In Poland, firefighters in Mazovia alone handled around 600 callouts, with hundreds more across Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Łódź voivodeships. The Government Centre for Security issued alerts in 15 of 16 provinces, and the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management measured 100.8 millimetres of rainfall at Mała Kopa in the Karkonosze mountains.