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.