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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Macedonia Floods


Torrential rains in the last three days caused dozens of floods, affecting many villages and towns, and damaging crops. Extensive flooding has hit Macedonia after three days of heavy rain, leaving one man dead, bridges wiped out and homes and fields inundated.
About 1,000 people had been evacuated due to the floods in eastern Macedonia, after three days of heavy rain


Firefighters try to start a pump in a bid to drain the yard of a flooded house in Sveti Nikole, central Macedonia, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
 Macedonian Army soldiers draw water with buckets from the yard of a flooded house in Sveti Nikole, central Macedonia, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

A man stands knee deep in water, in the yard of his flooded house in Sveti Nikole, central Macedonia, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
 A flooded house casts a reflection in the water in the village of Murtino, southeastern Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

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