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Two Killed in Romania Storm Havoc
| 25 July 2008 |
Parts of Romania have seen heavy rain in recent days
Television stations reported villagers in Suceava county, the worst hit area, were climbing on to rooftops and up trees to save themselves from the swollen rivers.
Two days of heavy rains have hit towns and villages in six counties, particularly in Iasi, Neamt and Suceava at the border with Ukraine, officials said on Friday.
Meteorologists have already urged Romanians to expect temperatures this summer in excess of 40 degrees Celsius, together with freak storms and heavy rainfall long periods of hot, dry weather will generate.
In 2005 and 2006, Romania was hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall and flooding.
