Calls for Action as Flood Damage Estimates Come In
Ljubljana/Škofja Loka, 23 October - As the clean-up continues in the wake of Wednesday's flash floods in central Slovenia, the first rough estimates put the damage in the Poljanska dolina valley at more than EUR 30m. Damage assessment in Ljubljana is yet to begin, but the rough estimate is that 900 buildings were flooded.
Ljubljana
Firefighters drain water from a basement in Vič borough, Ljubljana that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Firefighters drain water from a basement in Vič borough, Ljubljana that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Firefighters drain water from a basement in Vič borough, Ljubljana that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Water is pumped out of the basement of an apartment building in Ljubljana's Vič borough that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Water is pumped out of the basement of an apartment building in Ljubljana's Vič borough that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Water is pumped out of the basement of an apartment building in Ljubljana's Vič borough that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Water is pumped out of the basement of an apartment building in Ljubljana's Vič borough that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Firefighters drain water from a basement in Vič borough, Ljubljana that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana
Firefighters drain water from a basement in Vič borough, Ljubljana that was flooded in a freak storm that hit central Slovenia Tuesday night.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
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