Parts of Celje under water
Celje, 4 August - Party of Celje in eastern Slovenia are under water after the residents of some boroughs were ordered to evacuate due to a swollen Savinja River.
Celje
The Savinja in the city of Celje, east-central Slovenia, after a night of heavy rain.
Photo: Urška Kristan Kastner/STA
Celje
The Savinja in the city of Celje, east-central Slovenia, after a night of heavy rain.
Photo: Urška Kristan Kastner/STA
Celje
The Savinja in the city of Celje, east-central Slovenia, after a night of heavy rain.
Photo: Urška Kristan Kastner/STA
Medlog and Špica are flooded, as is the city park and Polule, a suburban borough in the south, the Celje municipality said.
Some 4,000 residents, a tenth of the city's population, have been evacuated.
The evacuees have been put up in the Zlatogor sports hall, a youth centre, and a lodge in nearby Štore.
Electricity and gas have been turned off in the flooded boroughs. Residents have been advised to keep away from the river.