Velvet and After · event 5 of 6

13 August 2002

The great flood. The Vltava reaches levels not seen for five centuries. Kampa, Karlín and Holešovice go under, the metro is flooded, and 50,000 people are evacuated. The high-water marks are still on the walls.

The Velvet and After era

  1. 17 November 1989
  2. 25 November 1989
  3. 29 December 1989
  4. 1 January 1993
  5. 13 August 2002
  6. 1 May 2004

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