Floods in Croatia Cause Over 65 Million Euro of Damages

The National Emergency and Rescue service has reported that 11,000 people were evacuated from Gunja, Strošinci, Račinovci, Rajevo Selo and partly from Posavski Podgajaci in the Županja region.

Two people were confirmed dead while a third person is still listed as missing. Around 4,000 soldiers, police, firefighters and other emergency workers are still in the affected areas looking for survivors and fighting floods.

The mayor of Slavonski Brod, Mirko Duspara, estimated the damage in his town at more than 3.5 million euro.

A special session of the national government, focused on the floods, was held in Županja on Thursday.

Minister of Agriculture Tihomir Jakovina gave a preliminary assessment of agricultural damage of up to 13 million euro.

Anka Mrak-Taritaš, the Minister of Construction and Physical Planning, estimated the damage to housing at more than 52 million euro and said more than 3,000 homes had to be repaired. The ministry has assigned 26 million euros for repairing flooded houses.

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure has assigned 100 million kuna (more than 13 million euro) for repairing 100 kilometres of county and local roads damaged by floods.

The government has declared a state of catastrophe for Vukovar County and announced that it will finance repairs of all public property, thus taking full responsibility for the catastrophe. Additionally, Prime Minister Zoran Milanović stressed that all private houses and apartments in the county will be repaired from the state budget.

Furthermore, the government has assigned more than 2.7 million kuna (more than 360,000 euro) in food and other essential supplies for people from the flooded areas. State companies and agencies...