Danube dikes give way, more flee flooding -MSNBC
BUCHAREST, Romania - Thousands of Romanians were evacuated overnight when the swollen Danube burst several waterlogged dikes and officials said on
Monday more defenses could break as flood waters retreated more slowly than expected.
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About 1,500 people in flood-hit southern Romania have been forced to flee their homes after the Danube river burst through defences. The water broke
through despite efforts to reinforce the dams near the villages of Bistret and Oltina. Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary have been affected by
flooding caused by the swollen Danube.
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Women sit with their belongings at a camp for Romanian villagers who evacuated the flooded town of Rast. A thousand people have fled and at least
another 9,000 were on stand-by for evacuation in Romania after the swollen River Danube burst its banks.
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A Romanian pulls an inflatable boat carrying his belongings in the flooded village of Rast, near the Danube River, southwest of Bucharest, April 23,
2006.
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A Romanian woman cries as she waits for food distribution in a tent camp after fleeing the flooded village of Rast, near the Danube river. Thousands
of soldiers, volunteers and emergency teams have been working around the clock to shore up and repair dykes in flooded eastern Hungary, the interior
ministry said.
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Danube flood in Romania 2006
Floods ravaging eastern europe while many parts of the world are facing record drought gives new meaning to the term "climate dichotomy".
