Swollen Danube Rises to Record Levels
From Times Wire Reports
The Danube reached record levels in Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, flooding fertile farmland as authorities in southeastern Europe considered ordering evacuations.
More than 3,000 police, military and civilian workers monitored dams in Romania, with dozens of communities ready to evacuate after weeks of spring runoff combined with heavy rain.
Rivers were expected to rise higher, and hundreds of people fled the western Romanian village of Gataia, flooded by the Barzava River, officials said.
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