Tuesday 4 June 2013

Rising flood victims Central Europe to 10 dead

  Left floods and landslides caused by heavy rains on many of the countries of Central Europe three deaths and the loss of eight and the evacuation of hundreds of homes




 The European Commission announced that it is ready to help Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic in the face of the floods that suffer from.Ten people were killed and at least considered by many missing after floods caused by heavy rains in central Europe, where authorities forced the evacuation of thousands of homes, especially in Germany and the Czech Republic and Austria.Related LinksCentral European floods: 3 people were killed and hundreds evacuated from their homesPreparations in the countries of Central Europe in anticipation of the devastating floodsGreece: Heavy rains flooded large areas of the capital, AthensRelated TopicsEuropeThe Czech authorities found itself obliged to open some dams on River Valtva just behind water rafting for fear of collapse.The government declared a state of emergency in the country's western region of Bohemia, where six people were killed and considered many other missing.At the zoo in the capital, Prague, located at bank of Valtva river water that overflowed from its course, Sunday was moved about a thousand animal to the highlands to spare drowning.And remained in Prague subway line partially closed and closed several lines of railway traffic and cut off roads.The government has called on pupils and students of secondary education institutes in the capital to remain in their homes because of traffic disruption.According to the mayor of Prague, the Vltava River levels will reach its highest level Tuesday in the capital and its surroundings.Central Europe floods highest water levelAggravationsIn Germany, the situation continued to worsen in the south and east, where the water level exceeded the standard numbers that were recorded in 2002 and 1954 due to flooding where Bavaria is located on the Austrian border, located at the confluence of the rivers Danube, where and Isles, which prompted the authorities to request the intervention of the army for help.In previous Sachs region in the Republic of East Germany, on the border with the Czech Republic and Poland mobilized hundreds of police officers and put sand bags and sailboats and a huge crane at their disposal.And announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel to go to the affected areas Tuesday, according to her spokesman, who did not disclose the exact place whereIt will stop.In Austria, a man was found in the fifty-eighth dead after being considered missing Sunday in Vorarlberg west of the country, bringing to two the number of deaths and one person remains missing.And forced hundreds of residents in the Salzburg area and about 300 from the city owns in the north to evacuate their homes.And has the use of the army to help in the aid and the fight against rising water.According to authorities, the water level of the rivers Danube and where flood levels may exceed 2002, when the value of the damage caused by 6 billion euros.The heavy rains resulted in the deaths in Switzerland is the second man in the age of seventy-floods swept away near the Austrian border, police announced.In Hungary, Budapest mayor face an ultimatum by the floods where floods are expected to reach the Danube River to the Hungarian capital on Friday or Saturday.The authorities in the Hungarian capital has about two thousand people evacuated from their homes due to flooding in 2002
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