Yesterday a motor van with humanitarian aid cargo left Lithuania for Moldova.

Yesterday a motor van with humanitarian aid cargo left Lithuania for Moldova. Following severe torrential rains in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Moldova also suffered similar conditions and was hit by the worst flooding in the past one hundred years. The risen waters of the rivers Prut and Dniester submerged 46 settlements, inundated 850 homes, destroying a hundred, and caused evacuation of nearly six thousand people from 12 districts, with 6 districts still remaining the disaster-struck zone. Considerable relief forces have been involved in the disaster zone: 1320 rescuers, over 300 military staff, 440 volunteers, 180 policemen and 192 transport vehicles.
In response to the call from the Government of Moldova, Lithuania loaded a humanitarian aid cargo. The Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior informs that it sent a relief shipment of 25 rubber boats, 10 boat motors and 200 pairs of rubber boots to the disaster-struck area in the amount of about 250 000 litas.