Slovenia under water

Large parts of northern and central Slovenia were inundated on 4 August as a huge weather system dumped up to 200 millimetres of rain in just 24 hours, leading to the worst flooding Slovenia has seen in decades.

The mountainous northwest was hit first as floods ravaged Škofja Loka, Idrija, Žiri and Tržič. The waters there started to recede by the afternoon but revealed a trail of destruction as homes were inundated and roads swept away by landslides.

The situation was worst in Škofja Loka, located in a narrow valley fed by the Sora River. Helicopters had to be deployed to...