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On 26 June 1988, after a period of heavy rains, Vlasina valley was a site of catastrophic floods. Extreme downpours and heavy storms affected river's watershed area in the municipalities of
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Vlasotince was flooded in
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Vlasina again flooded its valley in 2008. During the floods in January 2021, the army was again deployed. Severe rains and ensuing floods caused power outage in the entire municipality of Vlasotince and cut the supply of the drinking water. The river also brought large amount of garbage which
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with steep sides prone to heavy erosion. Downstream from
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The longest tributaries are Tegošnica (41 kilometres (25 mi)), Lužnica (38 kilometres (24 mi)), Pusta Reka (20 kilometres (12 mi)), Gradska Reka (17 kilometres (11 mi)), Bistrica (14 kilometres (8.7 mi)) and
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Vlasina's tributaries were rerouted through canals into the Vlasina Lake, thus making them part of the Vrla watershed. Those tributaries are Mlađenica, Čemernica and all the right tributaries to the Strvna river. This way, an artificial
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was cut off on 36 locations. Apart from
Vlastince, huge damage stroke the villages of Dobroviš, Tegošnica, Gornji Orah, Svođe, Dejan, Kruševica, Boljare, Manastirište, Konopnica and Stajkovce. All crops were destroyed and the livestock population was decimated.
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