The impacts of destructive floods of 1997 to the population of the affected areas in the Morava River basin

The fundamental characteristic of floods in 1997 was a complete lack of readiness of relevant institutions and inhabitants. Flood rules practically nonexistent, and if so, nobody is disregarded. This occurred primarily because of disruption in the perception of the risk of flooding, for various reasons, at the risk of forgetting. The major reasons were: very long period no huge flooding, excessive reliance on technical progress, building homes in river floodplains, reliance on state assistance