Three dead as torrential rain and heavy flooding strike Slovenia
At least three people have died as a result of heavy rain and flooding in Slovenia as continuing extreme weather prompts the EU to issue warnings for several countries over the weekend.
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00:00 Torrential rains and heavy floods swept through parts of Slovenia on Friday, killing at least
00:05 three people, cutting off roads and bridges and surging into buildings. The prime minister
00:10 described the devastation as catastrophic. Two of the dead victims are reported to be
00:14 Dutch tourists. Residents of the central city of Selje were ordered to evacuate as the banks
00:19 of the Slovenia River neared breaking point.
00:21 "At the moment, the priorities are to solve the people who are still threatened by flooding.
00:28 The second priority is to establish a road network to receive additional facilities."
00:33 The situation prompted the EU's Commissioner for Crisis Management to issue weather alerts
00:37 in several EU countries for the whole weekend.
00:41 Heavy flooding has also struck parts of southern Austria as persistent rainfall continues.
00:46 Emergency services have been working flat out in the districts of Carinthia, Styria
00:51 and southern Bergenland. New warnings have been issued in the districts of southeast
00:55 Syria, Deutschlandburg and Leibniz. Residents are being asked to refrain from non-essential
01:00 car journeys and to stay at home.
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