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KAMEDO Report No. 88: Floods in the Czech Republic and Southeastern Germany, 2002

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Ulla Näsman ,
Birgit Zetterberg Randén  and
Helge Brändström
Ulla Näsman
Affiliation:
National Board of Health and Welfare Customer Service Webstore or National Board of Health and Welfare Customer Service SE-120 88 Stockholm Fax: +46 8 779 96 67 E-mail: socialstyrelsen@strd.se
Birgit Zetterberg Randén
Affiliation:
National Board of Health and Welfare Customer Service Webstore or National Board of Health and Welfare Customer Service SE-120 88 Stockholm Fax: +46 8 779 96 67 E-mail: socialstyrelsen@strd.se
Helge Brändström
Affiliation:
National Board of Health and Welfare Customer Service Webstore or National Board of Health and Welfare Customer Service SE-120 88 Stockholm Fax: +46 8 779 96 67 E-mail: socialstyrelsen@strd.se
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Abstract

Severe flooding in August 2002 devastated villages, towns, large areas of arable land, streets, roads, and industrial areas in the Czech Republic and Southeastern Germany. In the Czech Republic, 48,000 people were evacuated from Prague.Due to electrical outages, communication and the care of hospital patients suffered. Sanitation services and refuse collection also were not available, which increased the potential for the spread of disease. In Germany, five hospitals required evacuation. Electrical outages were problematic here as well, and it is recommended that the procedures for the longdistance transportation of a large number of severely ill or injured people be clarified in national plans.

Keywords

floodevacuationelderlyemergency response
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 90 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

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