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In the Czech Republic, an express train crashed as a result of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
At Karlstejn Castle near Prague, the train hit a boulder that had slipped down the soaked embankment.
The locomotive and the first wagon derailed.
According to the rescue workers, five people were slightly injured.
According to official information, there were about 150 passengers on the train.
Since there is a risk of further landslides in the area, the route has been temporarily closed.
There were severe storms in large parts of the Czech Republic: in some places, streams and small rivers burst their banks.
In Cesky Krumlov in southern Bohemia, for example, the Polecnice stream, a tributary of the Vltava, flooded the houses on a street.
Fire brigades deployed hundreds of times across the country to pump out basements and clear fallen trees from streets.
Cars and roofs were damaged by hail in several places.
There is no all-clear yet: the state weather service has announced further storms.
mxw/dpa
