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| MEDIA HEADLINES 30/07/2007 |
| (2008-07-30) |
| Last updated: 2008-07-31 14:43 EET |
“Hit by the enraged overflowing rivers, having barely eaten, drunk or slept in days, some of the victims feel helpless after they lost everything. Others have started to patch up things, where the waters have withdrawn.”
This is the gloomy picture of the disaster-stricken areas in northern and north-eastern Romania, as described by JURNALUL NATIONAL. Reports on people taking refuge from the waters on the rooftops of their homes have made the front page of all newspapers for the past few days.
Locals say there have been floods before, but never have Siret and Prut rivers caused so much damage. According to provisional data, six counties have been affected, 15 thousand people evacuated, some 150 localities flooded, hundreds of houses wiped out.
Thousands of households have been flooded, over 14 hundred bridges and footbridges destroyed, crops on tens of thousands of farmland washed away. And above all, waters claimed their toll in human lives. ROMANIA LIBERA writes that “Contributing to the flooding in Moldavia and Maramures were not only the record-high flow rates of Prut and Siret, but also the massive deforestation in these areas, whether legal or illegal.”
“Experts say that, while deforestation is not the main factor in this year's floods, the damage would have been much smaller if forests hadn't been chopped down,” the same paper writes, under the headline “Deforestation paved the way for flash floods.”
At the same time, Romanian officials criticise authorities in Ukraine for failing to provide accurate and timely information on the high flow rates of the two rivers. Romanian decision makers claim they would have had more time to prevent the disaster, had they been informed on the situation in Ukraine, itself severely affected by floods.
Meanwhile, Bucharest announced that aid would be provided to the victims, and that expert teams were established, to assess the damage and devise reconstruction measures. Thousands of Romanians have also given a helping hand. In a feature titled “Solidarity walls to protect the flood victims,” EVENIMENTUL ZILEI writes that “a 2,000-strong gendarme and police force has been struggling for days to address the effects of the devastating floods in northern Romania.
Their dedication and resolution is accompanied by touching actions. The people of Rast, who received aid from around the country after the floods in Dolj, southern Romania, two years ago, are now giving aid to the victims in Moldavia.”
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