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FACTBOX - Impact of Floods in Southeast Europe
EUROPE: April 20, 2006
April 19 - The Danube and other rivers in southeast Europe have swollen to record highs and broken flood defences, swamping large tracts of land and forcing thousands from their homes. Thousands have been evacuated in Romania, while Serbia has seen the worst damage to agriculture. Bulgaria has escaped serious damage, but will be alert as waters stay high and threaten to erode flood defences for at least a week more.
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SERBIA
- The government could not give official figures but said dozens of families had left their homes. Authorities ordered 1,000 to leave Belgrade's Partizan suburb on the Sava river but most refused. (((Entirely typical of partisans.)))
- Some 122,573 hectares of arable land are submerged and 112,173 hectares more are in danger from ground water, the Agriculture Ministry said.
Municipal governments estimated farm damages at 3.1 billion dinars (US$44 million).
- The Danube has been closed to shipping for 20 days, according to state shipping company Jugoslovensko Recno Brodarstvo. The river is expected to re-open in a few days.
(((It's downstream that's catching it big-time. I just got back
from the Danube. It's bad, but I've seen worse. The water is
receding and the populace is calm.)))
