Severe flooding causes widespread devastation in Romania's Galati County

At least seven people have been killed in the eastern part of the country, where thousands of homes have also been damaged.

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00:00Flooding in Galati County in Romania has left behind widespread destruction, damaging livelihoods

00:07and burying homes under thick layers of mud.

00:11It's the third time this area has been hit by floods and authorities still don't know

00:16how they could have prevented the damage.

00:27This resident returned from Italy to find his home destroyed.

00:46More than a third of the village of Pechia has been affected by the floods, while in

00:51Slobozia Konaki 750 houses have been flooded.

00:55Even the town hall's archives have been covered in mud.

01:17Roughly 200 million cubic metres of rain fell in this region, forcing the Romanian government

01:23to mobilise emergency resources.