Person found dead in the Black stream, following the floods in Suceava. Nine counties were affected by extreme weather phenomena
A person was found dead in the Black stream, following the floods in Suceava county. Authorities inform that access to the victim is difficult to achieve because of the flood that isolates the area.
Floods in Broșteni, from Suceava County Photo: DSU
Following the manifestation of the forecast hydrometeorological phenomena, 25 localities from nine counties of the country (Alba, Arad, Arges, Botosani, Harghita, Hunedoara, Neamț, Suceava and Vâlcea) faced various effects caused by heavy rains, floods and strong wind, transmitted on Monday, Monday,
“In these areas, The intervention teams were mobilized
To evacuate the water accumulated from two homes, four courts, a cellar, seven household annexes and three streets. Also, there were removed elements of construction dislocated from the roofs of three buildings, and 25 trees and five pillars of collapsed electricity were released to release the access roads and prevent other damage. As a result of these incidents, two vehicles were damaged“, DSU said.
Suceava and Neamț counties, the most affected
In Suceava and Neamț counties, significant floods were registered, generated by the flow of the streams of Dârmoxa and Neagra (in Suceava) and of the Bistrița river (in Neamț). A considerable number of households was affected until Monday, at 07:00. The exact assessment is in progress because the situation is constantly changing.
DSU reports that in the black town, in Suceava county, a person was found dead in the Black stream. Also, access to this is difficult to achieve because of the flood that isolates the area.
People caught by water, saved by firefighters
Other effects caused by heavy rains and floods in Suceava.
– In Broșteni, four people were surprised by the flood, caused by the exit of the Dârmoxa and black streams, tributaries of the Bistrița river. These were saved by the intervention teams, while another 16 people have devoted themselves preventively, being relocated to relatives or in the cultural home in the locality.
– In the town of Dârmoxa, another person was surprised by the waters of the stream of the same name, but was saved in a timely manner by the intervention forces.
– At Ostra, four people were preventively evacuated from a flooded home, being safely relocated to relatives, by the care of the local authorities.
At the same time, on DN 17B, in the area of Broșteni, the road traffic was temporarily disturbed due to the accumulations of rainwater and the alluviums deposited on the road. Also, traffic on DJ 209A, between the localities of Găinești and Slatina, is still blocked.
“Specialized teams act on the spot for road release and resume traffic in the shortest possible time”, According to the quoted source.
Nearly 900 people, evacuated to Neamț County
The floods seriously affected the localities of Farcașa, Borca and Poiana Teiului, from Neamț county, as a result of the establishment of the Red Hydrological Code on the Bistrița river.
In order to protect the population in the areas exposed to risk, the authorities ordered the preventive evacuation of 890 persons. Of these, 760 come from Farcașa, 100 from Borca and 30 from Poiana Teiului. The evacuated persons were relocated either to relatives or in spaces provided by the local authorities.
“Currently, firefighters from Suceava and Neamț counties conduct interventions to evacuate water from several affected households, and the situation is dynamic”, DSU reports.
Hydrologists have issued a red flood code until Monday night.
