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No new flooding expected, levee repairs to follow
BELGRADE - Public company for integrated water management Srbijavode does not expect any new flood waves and plans to complete the restoration of damaged levees and flood defenses, worth around RSD 1.6 billion, by July 2015.
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Lucani at risk of flooding again
LUCANI - Heavy rainfall in the area of Lucani, central Serbia, caused several brooks to overflow, and all services stand ready to respond to emergencies.
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No danger of floods on major rivers
BELGRADE - There is no danger of floods on major rivers, with the Danube, the Sava and the Morava rivers currently at medium or medium-to-high levels for this time of year, the director of the Srbijavode water management company Goran Puzovic said on Wednesday.
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Floods Hit Croatia Again After Heavy Rains
The defence ministry dispatched some 700 soldiers to help build dams and shore up defences against high waters after flooding from Thursday to Sunday inundated streets and sparked evacuation alerts in some parts of the country.
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Thessaloniki man dies in heavy rainfall on Sunday
A resident of Thessaloniki drowned on Sunday after his car was swept away in a flash flood during heavy rainfall in the northern port city.
The 49-year-old man was driving in a on off-road vehicle in the suburb of Oraiokastro when his vehicle was swept away in a surge of rainwater.
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Experts Identify 535 Areas At Risk Of Flooding in Bulgaria
There are 535 areas at risk of flooding in Bulgaria, according to an analysis of the impact of the Rural Development Program on the environment published by the Agriculture Ministry.
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Repairs of Flood-Damaged Rail Infrastructure in Bulgaria to Cost BGN 3.2M
Bulgaria needs an estimated BGN 3.2 M to repair flood damage to its rail infrastructure, according to caretaker Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova.
Angelkova inspected Thursday flood-hit sections of the rail line Dimitrovgrad - Nova Zagora, according to a media statement of the Transport Ministry.
Flood-Stricken Mizia's Recovery to Cost BGN 5.5 M
Preliminary estimates on repairs in the Bulgarian town of Mizia, which was hit by flash floods in August, have been made public.
The calculations are based on the damages of infrastructure, dwellings and public buildings alone, with the cost of food products for the most severely affected residents yet to come,
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Scientists Blame Negligence for Floods
Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) believe that the main cause of the devastating floods in Bulgaria is human negligence, not the torrential rains.
"There are no natural disasters, there is human negligence", the head of the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at BAS, Georgi Korchev, told Vesti.bg.
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Bulgaria IntMin Proposes Fines for Municipalities over Floods
Caretaker Interior Minister Yordan Bakalov said Monday sanctions could be imposed on municipalities failing to carry out prevention activities against floods and other disasters.
In an interview with the Bulgarian National Television, Bakalov explained he had sent a letter to municipalities last week to urge them to clean riverbeds and sewage infrastructure.