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witnessed 6 deaths in the night of June 28ā€“29 as floods rose to just over 1 metre, 3,3 feet in some places. Several roads into Dorohoi remained either washed away or under water. The heavy rain that had been falling for much of the past week in the Balkan country and forecasters have warned that it
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of communal roads and clogged 424 wells. Authorities say at least 21 people have died and three are missing after heavy rains and flooding in northeastern Romania. Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes, mainly in Suceava and Botoșani counties, close to the
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On June 30, 2010, 21 people were killed by the flood in Romania and Ukraine while another 9,500 people were evacuated, according to authorities from both countries. The majority of victims were Romanians; 1 Ukrainian was killed by the flood and 1,083 were evacuated.
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Local emergency committees and volunteer emergency services rallied 530 firefighters and 160 volunteers, who took part in damage control efforts. Russia has also delivered 70 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in response to the flooding.
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The Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga told parliament that losses were the equivalent to 0.6% GDP. The agriculture ministry has estimated that of 6,700,000 tonnes of wheat for and 2,000,000 hectares of land were by the 30th.
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when they were trying to escape, while two people were struck by lightning. Three trains were stuck in northeastern Suceava county, due to the flooding of a 50-meter railroad segment. A southwestern customs in
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counties, both hard-hit by flooding and still under weather advisories. Officials said hundreds of people have been forced from their homes, dozens of houses have collapsed and hundreds of homes were damaged.
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The flooding has affected 1,873 homes and farms, 1,065 hectares of farmland, 1,928 hectares of forest and pasture, two kilometers of national roads,
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in the afternoon and narrowly averted any more flooding. It was flooded during the July 2010 flood as was its names sake in
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In Galați, the city was building a dam 1.5 m high, 4.5 km long, with the support of 1,400 military personnel from the
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recorded a flow rate of 676 cm (76 cm above the rate of flooding) and a flow of 16,055 m/s. At
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had a rate of 728 cm (78 cm over the danger level). The local emergency services reinforced the
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will continue in northeast Romania until Wednesday morning. The emergency situations spokeswoman
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in late June 2010. Currently, at least 21 people died. The north-east of the country, especially
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reinforced the dykes with sandbags to prevent the river breaking out and flooding the town.
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said unusually heavy rain had killed 6 people, most in the town of Dorohoi on the 29th.
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was flooded, and alluvial deposits were reported on two national roads in northeastern
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According to an IGSU press release, the storms and flooding affected the counties of
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border. They spent the night in schools and sports halls or with relatives.
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died and at least 160 people all over the country were evacuated.
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One killed, three missing after floods in Chernivtsi region
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had yet to assess the crisis in their flooded regions.
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Index

Romania
Moldova
Chernivtsi Oblast
Ukraine
Romanian
extreme weather
Romania
Suceava County
Chernivtsi Oblast
Ukraine
River Siret
dykes
Șendreni
emergency services
Emil Boc
Suceava
Botoșani
Alba
Arad
Bacău
Botoșani
Brașov
Cluj
Hunedoara
Iași
Mehedinți
Neamț
Olt
Prahova
Sălaj

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