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東歐多瑙河水患 數千民眾撤離家園

2006年04月26日
ENS羅馬尼亞,布加勒斯特報導;蘇家億編譯;莫聞審校

由於豪雨及融雪,使得多瑙河水位達到100多年來新高,巴爾幹地區及匈牙利數以千計的家庭已被迫撤離。目前約有8,000名災民被安置於較高處的公有建設、帳棚或暫棲於親友家中,官方警示尚有數千名人員可能必須撤離。

根據政府估計,洪水已經在羅馬尼亞、保加利亞、塞爾維亞及黑山共和國漫淹超過30萬公頃的土地,摧毀無數房屋、道路和橋樑。

各國官員使用不同的方式來防止更進一步的災害。羅馬尼亞今天破壞一座黑海岸邊的水壩,讓多瑙河的水可以直接流到海裡。在乾旱時期,這座水壩的功能是為脆弱的多瑙河三角洲儲存緊急用水。

在保加利亞,有關當局指出,除了魯塞市東部,所有多瑙河的港口都因水患而關閉。羅馬尼亞多瑙河岸旁的9個港口中,有5個因此關閉。匈牙利有2萬3,000多人正加強水壩及河堤結構以抵禦洪水,其中包括500名軍方人員。

在塞爾維亞,洪水迫使位在塞國與羅馬尼亞交界Djerdap市的兩個電廠停止供電。據初步估計,將近22萬公頃土地及3,000棟房屋被淹沒。

設於維也納的國際保護多瑙河委員會(ICPDR)承諾,為防止及減少洪水對多瑙河水域的衝擊,該會將在今年底前加強國際行動。在國際保護多瑙河委員會監督下將設置一個新的防汛系統,扮演輔助各國防汛系統的功能,並期待能在洪水發生前10天提出警告。這個系統是由總部在義大利的歐盟聯合研究中心所設立,今年底將會報告此系統試行結果。

Swollen Danube River Overflows, Forcing Thousands to Flee
BUCHAREST, Romania, April 21, 2006 (ENS)

The Danube River, filled to overflowing by heavy rains and melting snow, has risen to its highest level in more than a century, and thousands of families have fled their homes across the Balkan countries and in Hungary. Some 8,000 people across the region are sheltering in public buildings, in tents and with friends and relatives on higher ground, and authorities warn that thousands more may have to be evacuated.

Floodwaters have rolled over some 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of land in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, according to government estimates - destroying homes, roadways and bridges.

In their attempts to avert further disasters, officials in different countries are using widely varying techniques. Romania today breached a dam on its Black Sea coast to let the Danube flow straight into the sea. In periods of drought, the dam is intended to hold water for emergency release into the environmentally fragile Danube Delta.

In Bulgaria, all Danube ports, with the exception of east Rousse, are flooded and have closed, officials said. Five of Romania's nine Danube ports are shut down. In Hungary, more than 23,000 people, including 500 military personnel, are battling the floods by strengthening the dams and dikes.

In Serbia, the floods forced the Djerdap 2 power plant on the country's border with Romania to stop generating power. According to first estimates, nearly 220,000 hectares of land and 3,000 houses are reported flooded.

In Vienna, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) promised that international efforts to prevent and reduce flood impacts in the Danube River Basin will be strengthened by the end of the year. Overseen by ICPDR, a new flood warning system will supplement national systems and give up to 10 days warning of expected floods.