BUCHAREST
(Monitorul Online) More than 1,100 houses in almost 100 localities
have been affected by inundations.
Hundreds of
persons in several localities in the Cluj county are isolated.
Two national routes and a railway are blocked.
According
to the data announced by the Ministry of Public Administration,
more than 1,100 houses in almost 100 localities belonging to the
counties Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Maramures and Suceava and more
than 1,500 hectares of plots of land, as well as roads, bridges
and electrical networks have been affected by the floods provoked
by the rapid and massive melting of the snow and by the abundant
precipitations of the last days. The most affected were 50 localities
in the Maramures county, where 474 dwelling places were damaged
by the floods and one of them was destroyed.
At the same
time, the waters damaged 20 streets, 15 communal roads, 8 county
roads and 2 national routes. The electrical network was damaged
in 9 localities. 4 sheep died and 571 persons were forced to leave
their houses.
The localities
Crasna, Valea Viseului and Bistra are isolated because of the
damaged roads. Local authorities do their best in order to provide
the population in Sighetul Marmatiei with water. In case Tisza's
level does not diminish within 48 hours, the Ministry of National
Defense will intervene by using a helicopter. The value of the
damages in the Maramures county was evaluated to 102.2 billion
lei, according to a preliminary report of the Maramures County
Commission of Protection against Calamities. In the Bihor county,
55 houses have been affected by the floods, whereas in Suceava,
the inundations damaged 60 dwelling places in 6 localities.
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