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(Monitorul Online) More than 1,100 houses in almost 100 localities
have been affected by inundations.
Hundreds
of persons in several localities in the Cluj county are
isolated. Two national routes and a railway are blocked.
According
to the data announced by the Ministry of Public Administration,
more than 1,100 houses in almost 100 localities belonging
to the counties Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Maramures and Suceava
and more than 1,500 hectares of plots of land, as well as
roads, bridges and electrical networks have been affected
by the floods provoked by the rapid and massive melting
of the snow and by the abundant precipitations of the last
days. The most affected were 50 localities in the Maramures
county, where 474 dwelling places were damaged by the floods
and one of them was destroyed.
At the
same time, the waters damaged 20 streets, 15 communal roads,
8 county roads and 2 national routes. The electrical network
was damaged in 9 localities. 4 sheep died and 571 persons
were forced to leave their houses.
The
localities Crasna, Valea Viseului and Bistra are isolated
because of the damaged roads. Local authorities do their
best in order to provide the population in Sighetul Marmatiei
with water. In case Tisza's level does not diminish within
48 hours, the Ministry of National Defense will intervene
by using a helicopter. The value of the damages in the Maramures
county was evaluated to 102.2 billion lei, according to
a preliminary report of the Maramures County Commission
of Protection against Calamities. In the Bihor county, 55
houses have been affected by the floods, whereas in Suceava,
the inundations damaged 60 dwelling places in 6 localities.
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