Thousands displaced as flooding washes away home in Romanian county of Galati

Gendarmes and volunteers are helping local people clear mud from their homes and recover from the devastating impact of the extreme weather.

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00:00Thousands of homes were washed away by flooding in the Romanian county of Galati, leaving

00:07thousands displaced.

00:09Romanian towns, roads and bridges have been devastated by the recent extreme weather and

00:14accompanying loss of life.

00:17While the water has receded, houses full of mud have been left behind.

00:21Homes, goods and furniture were destroyed.

00:26In Italy, the clean-up began in Emilia-Romagna.

00:29Volunteers came to help those heavily affected by the weather.

00:34The extent of the damage is still being evaluated, but on Friday, Italian Premier Giorgio Maloney's

00:40government approved an initial allocation of 20 million euros in aid.

00:46Flooding was expected to reach its pinnacle in Hungary as the Danube River reached peak

00:50level.

00:51In preparation for a new wave of flooding, key infrastructure points such as metro entrances

00:56were fortified with sandbags.