Floods in East Slovakia

Weather on Thursday wreaked havoc in the natural region of Zemplin (eastern Slovakia) as cellars were inundated by torrents of floodwater and fierce gusts of wind blew trucks off the road, reports Novy Cas. Most of the damage was caused by normally-innocuous brooks. One brook near the village of Sobrance swamped the basements and gardens of 21 homes, as well as local roads. In Vysna Mysla, near the eastern centre of Kosice, food supplies had to be brought in by firefighters, as trucks were unable to enter the village in the morning.

According to Oliver Kovacs from the Kosice County Environmental Office the problem will now be the largest rivers Uh, Latorica and Bodrog bringing a lot of rainfall water from Ukraine. These will dam streams in the east Slovak territory so water will have no way to flow away.

Despite predictions, the situation in the Kosice country has stabilised. While in the north water level started to decrease, it was culminating on the south however not increasing anymore. East Slovakia has been suffering from floods due to heavy rains since half of March. Land has been soaked wet and underground water filled in drains. According to experts, this year’s floods cannot be compared to catastrophe in July and August last year.