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04-22-06, 07:01 PM
From: ROLDA rolda@care2.com
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33 AM
Subject: Flooding disaster in Romania!
Flooding Disaster in Romania, April 2006
Apr 18, 2006 — By Bogdan Cristel
“BISTRET, Romania (Reuters) - Ten thousand Romanians faced evacuation on Tuesday as rescue workers raced to fix a broken dam on the Danube before the swelling river could flood their low-lying villages.
The Danube continued to rise in southeast Europe after reaching its highest level in more than a century over the weekend, fed by heavy rains and melting snow.
Thousands of hectares of farmland, as well as several ports and villages across the Balkans were already under water and torrential rains were expected to start in Romania late on Tuesday.
Romanian authorities said the situation was critical in the southern village of Bistret where villagers helped the army to carry sandbags in their horse-drawn carts to fix a breach in a nearby dam.
"I remember how hard I worked to build this dam in the 1960s, and I thought this dam was never going to break," 80-year-old Dumitru Bratan said. "I am so glad that the army is helping us. I hope everything will be fine."
Rescue teams prepared to move 10,000 people from nine villages in the area, including Bistret, to hospitals and schools in higher-lying settlements if the dam-fixing failed.
The Danube receded slightly where it leaves Serbia to enter Romania, but water levels were on the rise further east as the flood wave traveled to Tulcea and Constanta counties where people hurried to reinforce dykes.
"Another rain shower and the whole town will be flooded and there's little we can do to stop it, because water will come from the sewers," Cernavoda deputy mayor Gheorghe Hemes told Antena 3 TV station.
TV footage also showed that most of Galati port in the southeast of the country was underwater with some 1,500 workers and volunteers trying to build a 7 km (4 mile) barrier to protect residential areas.
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Romania overnight, mostly in southern Dolj county, taking the total up to more than 4,700. Around 600 houses were flooded and 170 destroyed. “ (Reuters News, April 2006)
We desperately need volunteers,to help us move the animals to higher ground, and we also appreciate any donations in terms of:
Dry animal food
First aid items
Medical supplies
Blankets
*DONATE ONLINE NOW:
We need your support!!!! Any donation is IMPORTANT and very appreciated!!!!
Please donate secure online by clicking this link:
https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=rolda%40care2.com&item_name=Romania+Animal+Rescue%2CInc.&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD
or by using the PayPal button from our website:
www.rolda.org
(Please mention “flooding” when sending your donation!)
**Others ways to help ROLDA:
*Write an add in local newspaper about ROLDA’ urgent needs!
*Write an article in the local newspaper and inform readers about Romanian flooding situation!
*Organise a fundraising event in your area: it will be fun and in the same time, you’ll help hundreds of innocents animals!
*Print and spread out this leaflet!
Respectfully,
Dana
ROLDA Romania
www.rolda.org
Phone/Fax: +40 236 830 117
Mobile: +40 748 903 612
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:33 AM
Subject: Flooding disaster in Romania!
Flooding Disaster in Romania, April 2006
Apr 18, 2006 — By Bogdan Cristel
“BISTRET, Romania (Reuters) - Ten thousand Romanians faced evacuation on Tuesday as rescue workers raced to fix a broken dam on the Danube before the swelling river could flood their low-lying villages.
The Danube continued to rise in southeast Europe after reaching its highest level in more than a century over the weekend, fed by heavy rains and melting snow.
Thousands of hectares of farmland, as well as several ports and villages across the Balkans were already under water and torrential rains were expected to start in Romania late on Tuesday.
Romanian authorities said the situation was critical in the southern village of Bistret where villagers helped the army to carry sandbags in their horse-drawn carts to fix a breach in a nearby dam.
"I remember how hard I worked to build this dam in the 1960s, and I thought this dam was never going to break," 80-year-old Dumitru Bratan said. "I am so glad that the army is helping us. I hope everything will be fine."
Rescue teams prepared to move 10,000 people from nine villages in the area, including Bistret, to hospitals and schools in higher-lying settlements if the dam-fixing failed.
The Danube receded slightly where it leaves Serbia to enter Romania, but water levels were on the rise further east as the flood wave traveled to Tulcea and Constanta counties where people hurried to reinforce dykes.
"Another rain shower and the whole town will be flooded and there's little we can do to stop it, because water will come from the sewers," Cernavoda deputy mayor Gheorghe Hemes told Antena 3 TV station.
TV footage also showed that most of Galati port in the southeast of the country was underwater with some 1,500 workers and volunteers trying to build a 7 km (4 mile) barrier to protect residential areas.
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Romania overnight, mostly in southern Dolj county, taking the total up to more than 4,700. Around 600 houses were flooded and 170 destroyed. “ (Reuters News, April 2006)
We desperately need volunteers,to help us move the animals to higher ground, and we also appreciate any donations in terms of:
Dry animal food
First aid items
Medical supplies
Blankets
*DONATE ONLINE NOW:
We need your support!!!! Any donation is IMPORTANT and very appreciated!!!!
Please donate secure online by clicking this link:
https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=rolda%40care2.com&item_name=Romania+Animal+Rescue%2CInc.&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD
or by using the PayPal button from our website:
www.rolda.org
(Please mention “flooding” when sending your donation!)
**Others ways to help ROLDA:
*Write an add in local newspaper about ROLDA’ urgent needs!
*Write an article in the local newspaper and inform readers about Romanian flooding situation!
*Organise a fundraising event in your area: it will be fun and in the same time, you’ll help hundreds of innocents animals!
*Print and spread out this leaflet!
Respectfully,
Dana
ROLDA Romania
www.rolda.org
Phone/Fax: +40 236 830 117
Mobile: +40 748 903 612