Western Romania: Floods "During the first two weeks of May, floods struck the western OCHA Situation Report No. 1 region of Romania, mainly affecting 3 counties: Arad, Caras- Issued 1 June 2005 Severin and Timis." GLIDE: FL-2005-000063-ROM

C A SITUATION T UKRAINEet isza R P Sir - The floods are considered to be the worst in the last 50 A T years. New floods are expected this week in other parts Satu Mare H of the country and 32 of Romania's 41 counties have I Somes A isza been placed under alert. T Baia Mare N - 3,400 people have been evacuated. M - About 4,400 houses have been flooded and damaged, O re HUNGARY esul- M a with 650 completely destroyed. The total number of m U o S N outbuildings (mainly stables) flooded is around 5,000.

T c - 113,000 ha of land for agriculture has been inundated,

i A Oradea M l- I the estimated amount of water covering the region is 200 u s N e million cubic metres. m es o Cluj-Napoca S Mur ACTION

Turda Tirgu National Response: The Government has decided to

a z s i Mures T allocate ROL 10 billion (approximately 350,000 USD) as ARAD emergency support to the affected areas, with more Arad assistance planned for reconstruction in the coming Medias period. Alba lulia ROMANIA UN Response: The Disaster Management Team (DMT) ROMANIA has been undertaking needs assessment, assistance Timisoara TIMIS SERBIA Sibiu Brasov efforts and information sharing actions. Hunedoara ANDMONTENEGRO Map projection: Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area, Central Meridian: 22.5, Latitude of origin: 46. Map data source: ESRI, NIMA Vmap0. Code: OCHA/GVA - 2005/0086 LPS T N A Evacuated people Number of Affected Localities Resita imis IA amis AN Timis 3400 62 T LV SY Caras-Severin 59 58 N Arad 56 18 RA Affected Houses CARAS-SEVERIN T Olt Timis 2978 Pitesti Caras-Severin 1142 Arad 251 D a Affected Outbuildings Neighbouring Countries n u be Drobeta- Timis 3213 Affected Counties Turnu Severin Caras-Severin 1493 Arad 272 Counties Flooded Agricultural Land Timis 92000 ha Populated places Caras-Severin 9503 ha Arad 11988 ha River Craiova

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