In Albania, the military has been deployed in northern parts of the coiuntry to help hundreds of people trapped by floods following heavy rainfall.
The defence ministry sources said in the capital Tirana today that more than 9,230 hectares of agricultural land is underwater in the Shkodra region, including villages where the only means of transport is by boat. Army personnel are evacuating residents and securing food supplies in the affected areas.
The torrential rain in recent days has caused landslides damaging dozens of homes and flooding roads, said the transport ministry.
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