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Serious situation in Vlora due to bad weather, the army intervenes

Serious situation in Vlora due to bad weather, the army intervenes

The Armed Forces have intervened in Vlorë after the difficult situation created by the bad weather.

Mayor Ermal Dredha, in a statement to journalists, said that more than 30 families have been evacuated so far.

"The situation continues to be not what we want. This is due to the heavy rainfall that lasted for 2 and a half hours without stopping, which caused a negative effect on the high water channel, which has gone out of bed and overflowed outside the city. We have engaged with all the people on the ground to manage, but the situation has been alarming, however we will try as much as we can. At Bishti i Kalldrëm, one of the joints is blocked, we are waiting for the scrap to open the water passage in this area. There are several neighborhoods that have been affected by these rains. We are more concerned with the evacuation. Over 30 families have been evacuated. We are all on the ground with the civil emergency groups to make the medical school dormitories available. There are requests in the neighborhood for us to intervene. Hydrovor has been at work, but with those levels of rainfall it went above sea level for a long time and it was impossible to draw in the right amount. Now we are withdrawing the maximum amount and we hope to return to normal", said Dredha.