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Floods in Eastern Europe calls for emergency |
Much of Eastern Europe has experienced some of its worst flooding in decades. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro have declared a state of emergency due to floods after heavy rain pushed the River Drina to its highest level in 100 years. Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from areas close to the river, which runs along the three nations' borders. The entire area was hit by power outages and lacked drinking water. In Albania, a combination of heavy snow followed by equally heavy rain caused rivers to burst their banks and thousands of hectares of farmland have been flooded. Turkey took action to provide assistance to the Balkans following disastrous flooding in the region and sent humanitarian aid to Albania as requested by the Albanian government.
http://www.euronews.net/2010/01/11/catastrophic-flooding-hits-balkans/
http://www.turkishny.com/english-news/5-english-news/41812-turkey-to-send-humanitarian-aid-to-balkans