30/06/2010 11:30
Heavy rains kill 21 in Romania; two people missing
Floods and heavy rains have killed 21 people in eastern Romania in the past week, hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes as rivers burst their banks, country’s emergency committee said on Tuesday.
The bulk of the causualties occurred in Botosani County, where seven people died Monday night, AP quoted Emergency Situations spokeswoman Dorina Lupu as saying. In the neighboring counties of Suceava and Iasi, five people died and two remain missing.
The rains damaged bridges and roads, washed crops away and blighted hundreds of houses. Romania's rail link to neighboring Ukraine was shut down, and dozens of villages still have no electricity.