RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 7 : Albania - Flood

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Situation Update No. 7 Posted:2010-01-04, 08:21:26 [UTC] Ref.no.: FL-20100104-24428-ALB Situation Update No. 7 On 2010-01-11 at 04:49:01 [UTC] Event: Flood Location: Albania Region of Shkodra Number of Evacuated: 3572 person(s) Situation: In Albania, more than two-thousand houses and ten-thousand hectares of land are flooded after days of torrential rains. The situation is the worst in central and southern parts of the country, where flood waters are raging through villages after several smaller rivers spilled over their banks. Thousands of people have been evacuated. Many countries in the region, including Italy and Greece have sent aid to Albania. Meanwhile, Bosnia is also suffering from days of torrential rains. More rains are forecast in the coming days. 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