3 die in flooding in southern Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities say three people have died and 250 were evacuated after heavy rain and flooding hit southern Romania over the weekend.
Interior minister Gabriel Oprea said an 80-year-old man in the southern county of Olt died after a mudslide hit his home and another man in a village near Bucharest also died in the floods. Emergency services spokeswoman Madalina Epure said a 13-year-old boy had been found dead Monday having been swept away by floodwaters.
Oprea said three people remain unaccounted-for. Emergency services carried out some 550 rescue operations.
Eighty-six villages in southern Romania were flooded. Worst affected were three southern counties that lie along the River Vedea.
