RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 4 : Albania - Flood

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Situation Update No. 4 Posted:2010-01-04, 08:21:26 [UTC] Ref.no.: FL-20100104-24428-ALB Situation Update No. 4 On 2010-01-09 at 04:44:12 [UTC] Event: Flood Location: Albania Region of Shkodra Number of Evacuated: 3400 person(s) Situation: Albania has requested the activation of a European civil assistance program to deal with flooding from heavy rains and melting snow, authorities said. A state of emergency was declared Saturday in northern Albania, where 1,200 buildings were flooded and hundreds of families evacuated, the European Commission said in a release Friday. The European Civil Protections Mechanism, which pools the civil assistance capacities of member states, was activated late Thursday, the commission said. Albania has requested boats and helicopters for evacuations, along with water pumps, power generators, food and medicines for those in evacuation centers. A team of civil protection and flood assessment experts was expected to arrive in Albania late Friday, the commission said. The flooding is expected to worsen in the coming days, it said. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu