Albania: Two dead in floods in Skodra region

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At least seven families have been rushed from their homes in Skodra region, about 140 kilometers north of Tirana, while many others are threatened by floods and landslides, according to a press release from the Defense Ministry.

Two men died in flooding caused by heavy rains over the weekend in northwest Albania’s Skodra region, police said Sunday.

A car carrying a 50-year-old man, his 18-year-old son and his 14-year-old daughter was “swept away by the waters” that had flooded a mountain road, police explained in a press release.

The teenager was rescued by local residents, but her father and brother were not found, police added.

“We have information that the two men are dead,” an Albanian police spokesman told AFP.

At least seven families have been rushed from their homes in Skodra region, about 140 kilometers north of Tirana, while many others are threatened by floods and landslides, according to a press release from the Defense Ministry.

Several thousand hectares of land in the regions of Skodra and Leza were flooded, with residents describing the situation as “critical”, as streams of water turned into rivers that overflowed and damaged homes and infrastructure.

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