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Welcome to the Flood Information Page.
Important Notice: The Czech Heritage Action Initiative is working in official cooperation with the Jewish Community of Prague and the Project Judaica Foundation in the flood relief effort. (100% of all donations made previously to The Jewish Federation Prague Flood Fund will be sent directly to the Jewish Community of Prague.)
Please see the Official Press Release. Please Click Here for an important message from Mark Talisman, President of the Project Judaica Foundation.
Preliminary estimates place the damage to Prague's Jewish sites at $4 million.
Many essential services and important projects are directly threatened.
Please help today. Click Here
for information on how to make your tax-deductible donation today.
Scroll down for updated flood information.
This webpage is provided by The Czech Heritage Action Initiative This website is offered for the purpose of disseminating information about the devastating floods that have ravaged the Czech Republic and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, leaving terrible destruction in their wake. All information is provided to assist individuals who wish to follow and track this story, and to show solidarity with and support for the people of the Czech Republic as they face this difficult challenge. Included on this page are links to many articles, updates and sources of information about this tragedy. The site will be updated frequently, please bookmark the site and continue to check in. If you find articles or links that are not listed on this page, please send a link or cut and paste the internet address into the body of an e-mail and E-Mail the Webmaster.
The Czech Heritage Action Initiative works in cooperation with the Federation of Jewish Communities of the Czech Republic and the Jewish Community of Prague. As specific information becomes available regarding the damage to Jewish sites in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic, this site will be updated. Many precious and important Jewish sites in Prague suffered damage in the floods. A fund is in formation to assist the Prague Jewish Community and the Jewish Museum in repairing and recovering from the damage.
The Mission of the Czech Heritage Action Initiative
is to support the continuum of Jewish life in
The Czech
Republic. By supporting the restoration and preservation of Jewish
cemeteries and sites, and assisting the re-emerging Jewish communities on their
own path of renewal and growth, we foster a
strong, living connection between the rich history of the past, and the
challenges of the present. When we reach back, and touch hands with the past, we
can look forward with more wholeness to a future bright with possibility. We
will work to restore the links that were shattered in the devastation of the Shoah, and by restoring this broken continuity, work toward Tikkun Olam -
the repair of the world.
Full Mission Statement
List of flood damaged towns and villagesPrague Post Photo Essays, including Pinkas and Spanish Synagogues in Prague
Press Release From The Czech Embassy, Washington, DC
Links to Articles In English:
Districts report Kc41bn flood damage, Prague not included
Most flood-hit clients to get advances from insurers this year
Sea Lion Gaston died of exhaustion, infection
Tax modifications will generate Kc25.9bn in two years - Sobotka
Govt decides to freeze sickness benefit calculation upper limit
Government approves package of flood measures
Czechs to certainly receive money from EU anti-flood fund-Telicka
EIB may lend up to EUR1bn to CzechRep -- Simonovsky
Seventeenth victim of floods dies in Trebon
With the flooding finally behind them, residents of historic Cesky Krumlov work to repair and rebuid
It's a dim time in the Old Town
Prague mess varies from minor to overwhelming
Post-flood transport tangles push traffic toward gridlock
Prague Synagogue deluged by tourists
The wall that saved historic Old Town
CSA sees number of passengers to Prague down 50 pct due to floods
FinMin to close talks on flood loan from EIB in weeks -- Spidla
Czech Republic may receive money from EU disaster relief fund
EU gives 10 more million to eliminate flood damage in CzechRep
Czech Republic may receive money from EU disaster relief fund
In Czech Rep. 505 municipalities were effected by the flood.
U.S. ambassador to ask U.S. Jewish community to help Terezin
Spolana going to pump out remaining chlorine
Prague saw 500-year-high water, was informed in time - managers
Platforms, rails still under water in seven metro stations
Agricultural Chamber puts farmers' flood damage at Kc5-6bn
Budget specialists put Prague metro repairs at Kc5-7bn -- press
All of Prague mourns damage to historic Jewish Quarter
Water and Woe for the Czechs' Cultural Gems
Tourists hindering relief work in Prague, Jewish official says
Industry Ministry to give Kc500m to flood-affected businesses
Health care of citizens secured, no epidemics - Souckova
Czech Doctors' Association ready to help flood-afflicted doctors
Industry Ministry estimates flood damage to industry at Kc8bn
Hungarian, Polish presidents promise flood aid to Havel
Floods hit provinces hard
Spidla praised for crisis response
Evacuees face life in shelters
Crisis management system speeds up local responses
Nation's cultural losses mount in flood's wake
New Threat for Flood Hit Europe
Dangerous DDT disappears
More than 260 south Bohemian municipalities suffered from floods
Usti nad Labem flood committee cancelling flood alert at noon
Ceska pojistovna raises estimate of flood damage claims to Kc8bn
Fears of disadvantageous share buyouts after floods confirmed
Insurers to pay Kc19bn in flood damages
Govt to ask MPs to postpone date of submitting budget to Oct
Repair of motorways, roads to cost Kc4bn -- road directorate
Prague's flood expenditures at Kc427m -- Paroubek
Floods finally leave Czech Republic
FinMin looks to add Kc3bn to budget, spend it on flood damage
Israel sends aid to flood-hit Czech Rep.
WJC sees task force restoring flood-damaged Jewish sites
Insurers to pay flood damages twice higher than in 1997
No environmental risk found at Spolana Neratovice
Czechs to only ask UNESCO for aid for Prague, Cesky Krumlov
Slovak Prague municipality collects money for Czech capital
Terezin completelu cut off from the outside world by flooding
Prague’s Jews look for help after floods harm shuls, museum
Flood Damage May Force Czechs to Abandon Jet Fighter Purchase
Prague begins floods clear-up
Czechs told to avoid weak buildings
Lost hippo found at Prague zoo
Elbe Vulnerable as Czech Chemical Factory Floods
Flooding Elbe Batters Towns Along Its Path
Havel wants to mediate foreign aid for flood-stricken country
Prague wants to cancel protection of RFE
Another Building collapses in Prague
EIB offers special loans to finance repair of flood damage
AgriMin Palas offers housing project to flooded towns, villages
Jewish Sites in Prague, Vienna try to deal with rising flood waters
Prague’s Jews look for help after floods harm shuls, museum
As Prague Dries, Flood Wall Stands Tall as a Hero
More water flows through Vltava at 3:00 than in 1890
Evacuation of Old-town,Josefov residents begins at 4:00 am
Damage to Prague metro greater, repair to take several months
Flood Update - from Prague Post
Floods recede across Czech Republic from ABC news online
Bush tells Czech leader U.S. ready to provide more help with flooding cleanupAmericans want to aid towns they liberated in World War Two
Sean Connery witnesses devastation of Prague flooding
Waters recede in Prague, leaving behind quagmire
Receding Waters Leave Prague Desolate
Czechs Return To Flooded HomesZoo animals killed in Prague floods
Czechs count the cost of floods
City begins massive cleanup effort, damage assessment
Links To On-Line Photographs of the Flood:
Flooding in Plzen By Jaroslav Drnek
Information On The Flood in Hungary:
IDnes Newspaper Photo Galleries
The Flood in Ceske Budejovice
Budapest Daily Report
in English
Budapest braces for flood surge
© Lisa Feder August, 2002