The August floods of 1938 in Hradec Králové

This sad year, written down in history in black letters, did not only contain bad political and economic events, but nature also played a big role when it rained continuously from August 20th and only stopped for a short time on August 29th and September 1st. However, the most precipitation fell in mountainous areas, from where the water flowed down to the lowlands, where it was combined with what was left over from local precipitation...