Officials on Monday confirmed three elderly people were killed in overnight floods in eastern Romania, leaving several homes damaged, with hundreds evacuated and four helicopters searching for stranded villagers.
According to the emergency response agency. Some 25 villages across nine countries were affected by heavy rains and high winds, which tore off roofs and uprooted trees, blocking traffic on some national roads.
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It released videos showing wooden houses and cars swept away by the floodwaters, with rescue workers checking vehicles for potential victims.
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The worst hit were Neamt and Suceava counties in eastern Romania, where two rivers burst their banks, killing a 66-year-old man and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. All access roads to the village of Brosteni in Suceava County were blocked.
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The emergency response agency later said that two women, an 85-year-old and an 83-year-old, were also victims of the flood. Firefighters had to use an excavator to retrieve one of the bodies from a riverbed.
The Environment Ministry’s water management agency said some rivers rose to record high water levels. Repair work on collapsed bridges was underway, it said.
