Rains hit more households, farmlands in Moldova

Chisinau, 17 June /MOLDPRES/ - Employees of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) on 16 June were alerted to intervene and pump water from more households in different regions of Moldova.  

According to IGSU, in the Valeni settlement, southern Cahul district, firemen of the Giurgiulesti rescuers’ unit pumped water which got into ten households. ‘’IGSU employees used pumps and freed cellars and basements from the water which penetrated in the wake of the precipitation. Three special intervention vehicles and four pumps worked on the spot,’’ the Inspectorate said.    

Rescuers’ intervention was needed also in households from the districts of Telenesti, Floresti, Ungheni and the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia. Also, the precipitation caused damages in the districts of Ocnita, Soroca, Ungheni, Donduseni, Criuleni, Leova, Sangerei and the Gagauz autonomy, where more hectares of agricultural crops were hit.  

Presently, commissions for emergency situations work in the settlements affected by the last days’ heavy rains, in order to assess the material damages.

photo: IGSU