GREECE - A state of emergency has been declared in Greece's Evros region

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Tuesday, 14 March 2006,

17:08 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flooding

swamps Bulgarian homes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floods have swept

Bulgaria - here at Ihtiman, 50km east of Sofia

 

 

 

Heavy

rainfall has flooded thousands of homes in Bulgaria and caused rivers to rise

to dangerous levels in neighbouring Greece and Turkey.

A state of emergency has been called in parts of Bulgaria and Greece with bridges damaged and farmland

inundated.

The governor of Turkey's province of Edirne has accused Bulgaria of letting

dangerous amounts of water through dams on the Arda river.

The floods are said to be the border region's worst in 15

years.

Stranded

The most badly affected areas are those along the path of the

Arda and Evros rivers. The Evros forms the border between Greece and Turkey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greek officials say the Arda has reached

danger levels and both they and Turkish authorities fear the situation will

get worse.

Three artificial lakes on the Arda inside Bulgaria overflowed for

a second day, but Bulgarian officials insist people downstream are in no

danger.

However, the governor of Turkey's Edirne province,

Nusret Niroglu, called on his foreign ministry to lodge an official protest

with Bulgaria over water released through dams.

A district of Edirne was flooded and the military were called in

to rescue stranded residents.

A state of emergency has been declared in Greece's

Evros region, where 75,000 acres (30,000 hectares) of land have been flooded.

 

 

 

 

Military

personnel rescue stranded students in Edirne, north Turkey

 

 

 

The province's prefect told

the Reuters news agency: " We are preparing for a nightmare... At the

moment we are at the mercy of the army who have been told to be on standby to

evacuate people. "

One of the worst hit towns is Soufli, where 6,000 acres of

fields have been flooded.

Soufli mayor Minas Stergiou said: " We have ordered

people... not to approach the river, which is 500 metres from the town. Our

only aim now is not to have any deaths. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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