Rumania necesita de nuestras oraciones

Hoy me enteré por medio del blog de Irina, lo que ha acontecido en su país y mi corazón se llena de tristeza. Por favor oren por esta nación y que Dios fortalezca las familias que han perdido a sus amados en esta tragedia.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Floods in Romania killed 20 people in the past week, with thousands left homeless and dependent on army airlifts for food and drinking water, authorities said on Sunday.

The deaths took the toll in the Balkan state's worst floods in half a century to 26 this month.

Torrential rains have swollen rivers, flooded homes and churned up roads, hitting the eastern part of the country of 22 million particularly hard.

Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said emergency aid had been airlifted by the army to stranded villagers and floodwater had started to be pumped away.

"The army will help the population with manpower and equipment," said Tariceanu, announcing the latest death toll after a government crisis meeting on Sunday morning. "Beds and tents have started to be distributed."

Authorities said more than 11,000 people had to be evacuated in four central and eastern counties and 640 homes were completely destroyed by water that also swamped nearly 88,000 hectares (217,400 acres) of farmland.

The government has earmarked around one billion new lei to rebuild infrastructure and said Romania would also ask for international help to clean up the damage.

Reuters