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Serbia readies flood defences as Danube nears record high
Topic Started: 13 Jun 2013, 08:14 AM (51 Views)
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Continuing coverage of the flooding in Central Europe.

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BEZDAN, Serbia, June 13 (Reuters) - Water levels in the Serbian stretch of the Danube river neared a 50-year high on Thursday as the Balkan country braced for a wave of floods that have already ravaged parts of central Europe.

Authorities stressed they did not expect the kind of damage seen in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, where at least a dozen people died and tens of thousands fled their homes.

The army was placed on standby and dozens of people were evacuated from mainly weekend settlements on the banks of the Danube in Serbia's northern Vojvodina province, bordering Hungary and Croatia.


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