Floods in central, fire and heat in eastern Europe! by Barbora Misakova

Where water is needed the most, there is drought and fires. And the other way round, where people need peace for a while and little bit of sunshine, there are storms and floods. While Russia has problems with heat and massive forest fires, people from central and western Europe face some of the worst floods in recent years. People living in Slovak and Czech Republic have now eyes for crying. Their houses and cars are damaged, many of them lost roof over their heads and weather is still unstable. Heavy rains over the past 10 days have flooded also parts of Poland and Germany and caused incalculable damages. According to France 24, the most serious damage occurred along the L! usatian Niesse river banks, on the border between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Slovakians living near the upper Nitra river bank have troubles as well. Two people were killed as strong flow of water carried them away. Water flooded not only houses, but also buildings of local schools and businesses. While teachers, instead of having holidays, are working on cleaning classrooms and cabinets, Slovakian farmers are threatening people with mass laying-off. If they would not get immediate financial help from government, many of agricultural businesses will crash. As Slovakian Prime Minister Iveta Radicova said, first of all, government has to guarantee that people will have a place to stay and a roof above their heads. Farmers could get first financial aid in November 2010. There are 13.3 million Euros that would Slovak government use for helping people affected by this year’s floods. It is still questionable, what will happen in next few days…

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