15 mati dalam banjir Eropah, beribu-ribu dipindahkan

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15 dead in European flooding, thousands evacuated

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Photo: AP Pandangan udara sebahagian daripada Deggendorf yang telah dibanjiri oleh sungai Danube kerana empangan pecah di selatan Jerman, Rabu 5 Jun, 2013, hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland, Republik Czech dan Hungary.

Photo: AP Aerial view of a part of Deggendorf which was flooded by the river Danube due to a broken dam in southern Germany, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Heavy rainfalls caused floods in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

15 mati dalam banjir Eropah, beribu-ribu dipindahkan

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2013: PRAGUE (AP) - Sekurang-kurangnya 15 orang terbunuh dan 4 yang lain telah hilang dalam banjir yang telah memusnahkan pusat Eropah, pihak berkuasa berkata hari ini sebagai sungai melimpah melonjak hiliran ke arah Jerman.

Anggota bomba berkata lebih daripada 19,000 orang telah dipindahkan dari banjir di Republik Czech. Satu banjir mengamuk bahawa bahagian-bahagian yang dibanjiri Prague kini menuju ke arah utara Jerman, terutamanya bandar Dresden.

Yang mati termasuk 8 orang di Republik Czech, 4 di Jerman, 2 di Austria dan seorang di Slovakia. Sekurang-kurangnya 4 orang lain telah hilang di Republik Czech, menurut Menteri Dalam Negeri.

Pihak berkuasa kini mengambil berat tentang keselamatan loji kimia di sebelah sungai melimpah. Sesetengah tumbuhan telah ditutup dan bahan-bahan kimia mereka dibuang. Lebih daripada 3,000 orang terpaksa meninggalkan rumah masing-masing di bandar Czech Usti nad Labem di Sungai Elbe berhampiran sempadan Jerman, di mana air banjir masih meningkat Rabu.

Air yang tinggi telah tenggelamkan bahagian bandar serta banyak bandar-bandar lain di sepanjang Elbe, sungai terbesar di negara ini. "Ia tidak banyak lagi," kata Perdana Menteri Republik Petr Nečas. "Terdapat sudah detik-detik yang sukar masih di hadapan kami."

Beliau berjanji lebih daripada 5 bilion koruna ($ 250 juta) untuk kerja-kerja pembersihan. Republik televisyen awam berkata halangan yang melindungi satu loji kimia yang besar di Lovosice telah bocor Rabu. Nečas dijadual melawat kilang itu di kemudian hari.

Hiliran, beratus-ratus orang telah dipindahkan di bandar Jerman Dresden, di mana Elbe itu dijangka puncak petang Rabu. Awal hari ini, ia telah berjalan kira-kira 7 meter (21 kaki) ke atas paras normal di bandar timur.

Di bandar timur Jerman Halle, kawasan bandar sudah banjir. Di tempat lain di kawasan yang terjejas, askar dan penduduk telah mengukuhkan tetambak direndam dengan beg pasir untuk memastikan ianya daripada pecah.

Air itu secara perlahan-lahan surut di bandar Bavaria melanda deras Passau, meninggalkan sejumlah besar serpihan. Banjir awal minggu ini di Passau merupakan yang terburuk dalam 500 tahun. Di ibu negara Czech Prague, tahap sungai Vltava melimpah telah menjatuhkan dan pihak-pihak berkuasa meninjau kerosakan.

Walaupun kebanyakan bahagian bandar, termasuk mercu tanda sejarah, dilindungi dengan baik oleh halangan logam yang tinggi, Zoo Prague terutamanya teruk untuk kali ke-2 dalam masa 11 tahun. Bahagian yang lebih rendah daripada taman ini telah tenggelam dan haiwan ada terpaksanya dipindahkan.

Zoo anggaran kerosakan pada $ 8 billion tetapi menegaskan ia akan membuka semula bahagian-bahagian yang lebih tinggi kompleks lama lagi. "Banjir tidak akan memecahkan kita," pihak zoo itu berkata dalam satu kenyataan.

Photo: AP Pandangan udara lebuh raya dan bangunan-bangunan yang telah dibanjiri oleh sungai Danube berhampiran Deggendorf, selatan Jerman, Rabu 5 Jun, 2013, hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland, Republik Czech dan Hungary.

Photo: AP Aerial view of the highway and buildings that were flooded by the river Danube near Deggendorf, southern Germany, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Heavy rainfalls caused floods in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Photo: AP Rudolf (11) melintasi pasaran yang dibanjiri kota Wehlen di sungai Elbe, Jerman, Selasa 4 Jun, 2013. Selepas hujan lebat, sungai melimpah membanjiri kawasan di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland dan Republik Czech.

Photo: AP Rudolf (11) crosses the flooded market place of the city of Wehlen at river Elbe, Germany, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. After heavy rainfalls, swollen rivers flooded areas in Germany, Austria , Switzerland and Czech Republic.

Photo: AP pemandangan dari Radobyl bukit di lebuh raya dan kampung Mlekojedy dibanjiri oleh sungai Elbe melimpah berhampiran Litomerice, 70 kilometer (43 batu) barat laut Prague, yang diambil pada rabu 5 JUN, 2013. Hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland dan Republik Czech.

Photo: AP A view from Radobyl hill at a highway and the village Mlekojedy flooded by the swollen river Elbe near Litomerice, 70 kilometres (43 miles) northwest of Prague, taken on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Heavy rainfalls caused flooding in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

Photo: AP Sungai Danube melimpah dilihat dari Jambatan Rantaian dengan bangunan Parlimen di sebelah kanan di Budapest, Hungary, Rabu 5 Jun, 2013. Puncak Sungai Danube yang banjir seperti yang dijangkakan Isnin depan, 10 Jun di Budapest. Hujan lebat telah menyebabkan banjir di beberapa kawasan di Jerman, Austria dan Republik Czech.

Photo: AP The swollen River Danube is seen from the Chain Bridge with the Parliament building on the right in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. River Danube's flood peaks expectedly next Monday, June 10, in Budapest. Heavy rainfalls already caused flooding in parts of Germany, Austria and Czech Republic.

Photo: AP pemandangan dari Radobyl bukit menunjukkan lebuh raya dan keluar untuk kampung Mlekojedy dibanjiri oleh sungai Elbe melimpah berhampiran Litomerice, 70 kilometer (43 batu) Barat Laut Prague, yang diambil pada rabu 5 Jun, 2013. Hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland dan Republik Czech.

Photo: AP A view from Radobyl hill shows a highway and an exit to the village Mlekojedy flooded by the swollen river Elbe near Litomerice, 70 kilometres (43 miles) Northwest of Prague, taken on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Heavy rainfalls caused flooding in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

Photo: AP Pandangan udara sebahagian daripada Deggendorf yang telah dibanjiri oleh sungai Danube kerana empangan pecah di selatan Jerman, Rabu 5 Jun, 2013, hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland, Republik Czech dan Hungary.

Photo: AP Aerial view of a part of Deggendorf which was flooded by the river Danube due to a broken dam in southern Germany, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Heavy rainfalls caused floods in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Photo: AP Satu pemandangan dari bukit Radobyl menunjukkan jalan raya dan taman hop dibanjiri oleh sungai Elbe melimpah berhampiran Litomerice, 70 kilometer (43 batu) Barat Laut Prague, yang diambil pada Rabu 5 Jun, 2013. Hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir di Jerman, Austria, Switzerland dan Republik Czech.

Photo: AP A view from the Radobyl hill shows a highway and a hop garden flooded by the swollen river Elbe near Litomerice, 70 kilometres (43 miles) Northwest of Prague, taken on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Heavy rainfalls caused flooding in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

15 dead in European flooding, thousands evacuated

REVIEW 1WC'sChannel 2013: PRAGUE (AP) - At least 15 people have died and four others are missing in the floods that have ravaged central Europe, authorities said Wednesday as swollen rivers surged downstream toward Germany.

Firefighters said more than 19,000 people were evacuated from the flooding in the Czech Republic. One raging flood that inundated parts of Prague was now heading north toward Germany, particularly the city of Dresden.

The dead included eight people in the Czech Republic, four in Germany, two in Austria and one in Slovakia. At least four other people were missing in the Czech Republic, according to its interior minister.

Authorities are now concerned about the safety of chemical plants next to the overflowing rivers. Some plants have been shut down and their chemicals removed. More than 3,000 people had to leave their homes in the Czech city of Usti nad Labem on the Elbe River near the German border, where floodwaters were still on the rise Wednesday.

High water had already submerged parts of the city as well many other towns along the Elbe, the biggest river in the country. "It's not over yet," Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said. "There're tough moments still ahead of us."

He pledged more than 5 billion koruna ($250 million) for clean-up work. Czech public television said a barrier that protects one major chemical plant in Lovosice was leaking Wednesday. Necas was scheduled to visit the plant later in the day.

Downstream, hundreds of people were being evacuated in the German city of Dresden, where the Elbe was expected to crest Wednesday evening. Early in the day it was running about 7 meters (21 feet) over normal levels in the eastern city.

In the eastern German city of Halle, the downtown area was already flooded. Elsewhere in the affected regions, soldiers and residents were reinforcing soaked levees with sand bags to keep them from breaking.

The water was slowly receding in the hard-hit Bavarian city of Passau, leaving behind vast amounts of debris. Flooding earlier this week in Passau was the worst in 500 years. In the Czech capital of Prague, the level of the swollen Vltava river was dropping and authorities surveyed the damage.

While most parts of the city, including its historical landmarks, were well protected by high metal barriers, Prague's Zoo was particularly badly hit for a second time in 11 years. The lower side of the park was submerged and animals there had to be evacuated.

The zoo estimated the damage at $8 million but insisted it would reopen the higher parts of the complex shortly. "The flood will not break us," the zoo said in a statement.