RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 2 : Serbia - Flood

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Situation Update No. 2 Posted:2010-02-21, 15:52:37 [UTC] Ref.no.: FL-20100221-25019-SCG Situation Update No. 2 On 2010-02-28 at 15:50:40 [UTC] Event: Flood Location: Serbia District of Toplica Kursumlija area Number of Evacuated: 450 person(s) Situation: Interior Ministry Emergency Situations Minister Predrag Mariæ said that the situation is stable in Zajeèar and all other regions, adding that people from all over Serbia came to help in the Zajeèar region. Zajeèar Mayor Bo¹ko Miæiæ told B92 that the material damaged incurred by the floods is estimated at about RSD 1bn. He warned that there is a possibility that diseases could spread because of the flooding, calling on the health protection bureau to create a disinfection plan. Rivers flooded the villages of Lukovo, ©arbanovac, Gamzigrad, Zvezdan, Vra¾ogrnac, and Trnavac on Saturday. There was also flooding near Negotin and in the center of Knja¾evac. There is no drinking water in Gamzigradska Banja or Metovnica. Water is also flooding parts of the M5 highway in the Boljevac municipality. Zajeèar was visited yesterday by Jagodina Mayor and United Serbia (JS) leader Dragan Markoviæ, who gave Zajeèar RSD 500,000 to the city, along with musician Rambo Amadeus, who also gave money he earned at a fundraising concert. 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