July 15, 2005
Floods
There is massive flooding all across Romania this week.
"Massive" here means thousands of houses destroyed and nearly 10,000 people turned into flood refugees, with ~$1 billion of damage. Five provinces have declared a state of emergency. Last time I checked, there were eight people dead and five missing, but those numbers are sure to increase.
Most of the flooding seems to be around the arc of the Carpathians. Bucharest has barely been affected. (Though I did notice that the little Dumbovitsa river, the one that runs through a concrete chute downtown, was at an all-time high.) This makes me wonder if deforestation may have played a role; a lot of trees have been cut down in Romania in the last 10 years. But that's just a guess.
It doesn't seem to have made the news outside Romania too much.
Posted by douglas at July 15, 2005 02:11 PMGReetings from the US. Walhalla, South Carolina is receiving some news about the flooding in Romania. Actually from the Walhalla Foundation. (www.walhallafoundation.org) It sounds pretty bad. Is it affecting the city of Calarasi? I hope I spelled that right. The city is near Bucharest. What about Cluj and Zalua? We have 2 mission teams traveling to Romania. One leaving 7-25-05 and one leaving 8-4-05. We will be working in Zalua and surrounding villages doing construction and Bible School. Keep up the blogging!
Posted by: Bec at July 18, 2005 08:57 AMFor what it's worth, the Dallas paper carried the news, also.
Posted by: POUNCER at July 18, 2005 06:14 PM