Damages

Historically, floods have caused millions of dollars worth of damages in Romania. From 1992 to 2000,  the flood impact estimated by ANAR was a total of:

118 human casualties
138,423 houses/holdings affected or destroyed
in the six years for which data are available, 43,945 lost animals
13,591 km of road negatively impacted by floods.

The estimated damage for this period was 1.4 million dollars, or an average of about USD 120 M annually. After 2000, a number of floods caused a further multimillion worth of damage. The preparation of special intervention units to preserve the viability of hydro-technical structures is a priority for ANAR.

This vulnerability to floods is due to several factors, including: Read more....
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