Severe flooding causes widespread devastation in Romania's Galati County

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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.

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